-56This Headquarters issued assignment No. 008 of January 15, 1990, to investigate the
alleged disappearance or abduction of 39 persons in the jurisdiction of Pueblo Bello, with
negative results to date.
Likewise, the deployment of intelligence services was ordered in the municipalities of
Apartadó and Turbo, with the same results […].89
95(63) On January 29, 1990, based on the statements of 29 witnesses, the Judicial
Police Technical Corps of the Criminal Investigation Sectional Directorate of the
Department of Antioquia informed the Medellín Fourth Public Order Judge about the
events that had occurred in Pueblo Bello on January 14, 1990. The Judicial Police
Technical Corps noted that:
[…] on the road from Pueblo Bello to San Pedro de Urabá there are two military
roadblocks, the first in the jurisdiction of San José and the other in San Pedro de Urabá
(entrance) […]
It also advised that it had been established that the vehicles used to transfer the
peasants had been stolen “on the day of the events.”
The report also established that:
[…] On Tuesday, 16th (January, 1990], several of the complainants went to San Pedro
to request the collaboration of the Army Commander and the complainants state that he
told them: “Don’t come here trying to find out anything because there is no one here;
perhaps you don’t remember that when the cattle were stolen, none of you said
anything; you exchanged human lives for animals; go away.” […]90
95(64) On January 31, 1990, the Medellín Fourth Public Order Court sitting in Turbo,
based on the evidence gathered up until that time […], ordered a search of “Las
Tangas” and sent an official communication to the Urabá Military Headquarters
requesting it to proceed to search and examine this ranch.91
95(65) On February 1, 1990, the Córdoba Police Department submitted a report to
the Operations Directorate of the National Police concerning the discovery of the two
trucks with license plates, UU-07-83 and IB-35-44, found on the afternoon of
January 15, 1990, on the road leading from Montería to Arboletes. The said trucks
were subjected to a forensic examination by the Technical Corps of the Judicial Police
in order to find “organic fluids or liquids such as blood and elements that might have
been used in committing illegal acts; the results were negative, and only plantain
stains were found.”92
89
Cf. official communication of January 23, 1990, issued by the Head of the Apartadó Operations
Duty Station of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), addressed to the office of the Delegate
Inspector for Human Rights and to the Regional Office of the Attorney General’s Office (file of useful
evidence submitted by the State, folio 6137).
90
Cf. report of January 29, 1990, issued by the Technical Corps of the Judicial Police of the Criminal
Investigation Sectional Directorate, Department of Antioquia (file of attachments to the requests and
arguments brief, tome V, attachment 5(5), folios 1564 to 1566).
91
Cf. ruling of the Medellín Fourth Public Order Court of January 31, 1990 (file of useful evidence
submitted by the State, folio 6039), and official communication of January 31, 1990, issued by Medellín
Fourth Public Order Court (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folio 6040).
92
Cf. report of February 1, 1990, issued by the Córdoba Police to the Operations Directorate of the
National Police (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, attachment 5(7), f. 1573).
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