34 shoved him into the SUV.165 It was noted that Juan Carlos asked what to do with his bicycle and they responded: “you won’t be needing it any more.”166 110. On July 9, 1996 – in the context of the incident described below (see infra para. 117) Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández asked the armed individuals about her brother Juan Carlos Gallego, to which they responded that: “relax, he would be coming back.”167 Subsequently, on January 29, 1997, FTA soldiers went to her house and she confronted them on this score. On that occasion, they told her that “they were keeping an eye on that case because there had been an error.”168 111. Thus far, the fate or whereabouts of Juan Carlos Gallego are still unknown. 3.4.2. Case of Jaime Alonso Mejía Quintero 112. Witnesses testified that on July 7, 1996, Jaime Alonso Mejía Quintero was at a billiards parlor, next to the Medellín-Bogotá highway169 and that the same group of individuals who had taken Juan Carlos Gallego away brought him out of said premises and put him into one of their SUVs.170 His sister stated that the army members would usually approached him, call him a guerrilla member and tell him that they would take him away.171 113. unknown. As of the present date, the fate or whereabouts of Jaime Alonso Mejía Quintero is 3.4.3. Case of Javier Giraldo Giraldo 165 Annex 24. Statement of Pablo Antonio Quintero to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated April 5, 2005. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 190-193. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010. 166 Annex 24. Statement of Pablo Antonio Quintero to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated April 5, 2005. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 190-193. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010. 167 Annex 44. Complaint filed by Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández with the municipal criminal court of Cocorná, dated July 11, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999. 168 Annex 29. Statement of Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 28, 2000. Annex to petitioners’ communication of September 1, 2004. 169 Annex 19. Submission of the Corporación Jurídica Libertad to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, filed on April 2, 2007. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999; Annex 30. Statement of José Eliseo Gallego Quintero to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of El Carmen de Viboral, dated July 19, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999. 170 Annex 24. Statement of Diosdado Quintero Giraldo to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, dated November 8, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 64-70. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010; Annex 24. Statement of María de la Cruz Hernández de Gallego to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 8, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 71-72. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010; Annex 24. Statement of Pablo Antonio Quintero to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated April 5, 2005. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 190-193. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 171 Annex 24. Statement of Olivia del Socorro Mejía to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 10, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 88-90. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.

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