entrance to the Colegio John F. Kennedy, promising to pick her up at 11:00 hours. His fate or
whereabouts since then remain a mystery.
77.
According to witness testimony,69 and as mentioned again below (infra paras. 92 and
132), at least three motorcycles were observed in the vicinity of the school early that same
morning whose riders’ faces and license plate numbers were covered. According to the witness
statements, the riders were dressed in black and carried weapons, specifically “automatic
weapons.” The then principal of the Colegio John F. Kennedy explained that a taxi was also seen
in front of the institution, which was searched by the police when it arrived at the scene “at
around [09:00 hours].”70 Candelaria Vergara stated that a neighbor told her that he had seen a
man who had been beaten being forced into a taxi. 71 According to two teachers (infra paras. 92
and 132), several pupils said they had witnessed someone being “kidnapped” and taken away
“at gunpoint.”
78.
Near the school, at around 09:00 hours, a man dressed in brown, apparently under the
influence, fired shots into the air.72 He was detained by the police and identified as P.J.P.D. When
the police investigated, it was discovered that the man had been an informant for the F-2, a
police intelligence agency in Colombia that no longer existed, and also for the DIJIN. 73
79.
A firearm issued to Lieutenant R.B.N. (an active police officer at the time of the events)
was seized from P.J.P.D.,74 who, when asked, said he did not know R.B.N. 75 On December 15,
1993, Lieutenant R.B.N. said he had reported the loss of the weapon. 76 No record has been found
of any such report, however. The FGN verified that there was no record of the weapon having
been stolen between April 26 and August 9, 1993.77 The FGN also carried out a judicial inspection
at the legal affairs office of the Industria Militar, but no report of the theft of the weapon was
found their either.78
C)
Administrative and judicial proceedings
80.
On May 17, 1993, the Association of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared
(hereinafter “ASFADDES”) reported Mr. Movilla’s disappearance to the PGN unit responsible for
Cf. PGN, statement by H.L.P. dated May 25, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 9 to the Merits Report, folios 32 and
33); PGN, statement by O.I.G. of June 18, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 11 to the Merits Report, folio 37). Another witness
stated that on May 13, 1993, he had heard a woman on the street, near his shop, say that people on motorcycles,
dressed in black and carrying weapons, “were going to do something.” (Cf. PGN, statement by A.E.F. of May 26, 1993
(evidence file, Annex 10 to the Merits Report, folio 35)).
70
PGN, statement by O.I.G. of June 18, 1993. The witness noted that by 08:00 hours the motorcyclists had left
the scene, but that by that time the school had called the police, who arrived later.
71
Association of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared. Complaint and Search Report. May 13, 1993
(evidence file, Annex 17 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 3500 to 3503).
72
Cf. PGN, statement by O.l.G. of June 18, 1993, and PGN, statement by H.L.P. of May 25, 1993. Another person,
G.C.M, stated that he had heard shots and seen police officers take someone away (cf. PGN, statement by G.C.M. of 25
May 1993 (evidence file, Annex 8 to the Merits Report, folios 29 and 30)).
73
Cf. FGN, statement by P.J.P.D. of March 18, 2013 (evidence file, Annex 19 to the pleadings and motions brief,
folios 4128 to 4133).
74
Cf. Minutes of special visit to the legal affairs office of the Department for the Control of Trade in Weapons,
Ammunition and Explosives of Colombia’s Armed Forces, of November 4, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 13 to the Merits
Report, folio 48); and the National Police, Report of the Personnel Procedures Division (Officers Section), of November
8, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 15 to the Merits Report, folio 53).
75
Cf. FGN, Additional statement by R.B.N., of January 28, 2013 (evidence file, Annex 19 to the pleadings and
motions brief, folios 4068 to 4074).
76
Cf. PGN, Free and spontaneous statement by R.B.N., of December 15, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 25 to the
Merits Report, folios 92 to 94).
77
Cf. FGN, UNPJ.DH.A. Report of April 17, 1997 (evidence file, Annex 79 to the Merits Report, folios 259 to 261).
78
Cf. FGN, UNPJ.DH.A. Report of April 17, 1997.
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