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.

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