Gregorio Romero and Jorge Albeiro Ramirez as the individuals who were
arrested by members of the Army, citing the 15th Criminal Military Office
of the Prosecutor in the resolution by which the merit of the case is
qualified in which it is stated:
For his part, Mr. Angel María Noriega actually says that
when he was in the Versalles neighborhood at approximately
10:00 p.m. saw at a distance of 60 meters, when people
dressed in army clothing, among whom there were two
individuals wearing hoods, forced the three boys into a white
truck, but he could not guarantee that those were the same
ones that appeared dead the next day because he did not
see them, rather it was a conclusion he reached when Diana
Torres told him what had happened 10.
24.
Regarding the allegations of torture, the State maintains
that in accordance with a ballistics’ report issued by forensic medicine,
transmitted on January 3, 2002, the findings of the 1995 autopsy did
not constitute torture and in that regard the first instance ruling on the
matter issued by the Second Court of Brigade states:
The findings described in autopsy number SA – 2265 - 95
such as bruises, fractures and abrasions with burnt edges
are due to the damage produced by an element traveling at
high speed and high temperature, such as a projectile,
which even without direct contact with some tissues, like the
eyeball or socket, can cause other damage due to its
explosive and vibratory force, and hence there can
sometimes be no entry or exit wound so the description of
the wound is termed a ‘general finding’ 11.
25.
With regard to criminal proceedings conducted at military
headquarters for the death of Wilfredo Quiñonez, the State pointed out
that it is before the Supreme Military Tribunal on appeal by both the
partie civile and the military personnel punished by the first instance
ruling of the Second Court of Brigade.
26.
In regards to the allegation of the petitioners with respect
to "a disproportionate sentence" which implies a framework of impunity
10 Office of the Attorney General, Judicial I Criminal Office of the Attorney General
293. Attachment 2. Note GOI/33.888/1872 of Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Relations
dated August 9, 2006.
11 Second Court of Brigade, verdict of December 1, 2005, page 58. Note
GOI/33.888/1872 of Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Relations dated August 9, 2006.