26 incidents.103 Another witness stated that a soldier, “who was standing at the entryway to Cocorná,” was with the paramilitary members when the alleged victims were taken into custody.104 94. As yet, the fate or whereabouts of Juan Crisóstomo Cardona Quintero and Miguel Ancízar Cardona Quintero. 95. With respect to the man known by the alias Fredy, the IACHR case file contains the record of an interview conducted in September 1997 of said individual, wherein he stated that when he moved to Vereda La Esperanza “they took him [because] he told them that he would collaborate with them in anything and he started to work with them.”105 In a statement of April 2007, Ramón Isaza testified that alias Fredy acted as a guide for the Self-Defense Forces of Magdalena Medio and the National Army in order to identify and make the alleged victims disappear. He noted that said individual and his wife were members of the EPL and settled in Vereda La Esperanza a few weeks prior to the beginning of the military operations. He claimed that both of them were taken into custody by members of the National Army and Major Hernández “handed them over to Omar to operate with him, because they knew who was who (…). The Major did not want to take them so he could hand them over to the law.” He added that Major Hernández told Omar to not kill alias Fredy because he would show him the houses and the people linked to the guerrilla forces while he “promised to turn over the entire structure that there was of the guerrillas provided that they did not do anything to him or his wife.” 106 He further testified that he continued working in the Self-Defense Forces of Magdalena Medio until mid or late 2005 and that after that time “he never appeared” when he was accused of rustling some head of cattle.107 96. As of the present date, his fate or whereabouts are unknown. 97. With regard to the wife of the man know by the alias Fredy, Ramón Isaza testified that she would have been murdered by members of the EPL while trying to get her son back, who was left behind in Vereda La Esperanza. 98. As of the present date, her fate or whereabouts are unknown. 3.3. Disappearance of María Irene Gallego Quintero on June 26, 1996 103 Annex 23. Statement of a woman resident of Vereda La Esperanza. Compact disk of Corporación Jurídica Libertad attached to petitioners’ submission of March 23, 2010. 104 Annex 35. Statement of Elvia Rosa Fernández Cardona to the Municipal Civil Court of El Carmen de Viboral, dated October 12, 2004. Annex to petitioners’ submission of March 2006. 105 Annex 36. Statement of alias Fredy. Compact disk of Corporación Jurídica Libertad attached to petitioners’ submission of March 23, 2010. 106 Annex 3. Initial statement of Ramón Isaza Arango, to the Office of the Special Prosecutor assigned to the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit, dated April 23, 2007. Annex to petitioners’ submission of May 7, 2007. 107 Annex 3. Initial statement on the facts in response to charges given by of Ramón Isaza Arango, to the Office of the Special Prosecutor assigned to the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit, dated April 23, 2007. Annex to petitioners’ submission of May 7, 2007.