-66- FOURTH: TO REVOKE the preclusion ordered in favor of Ramiro Enrique Álvarez Porras and, instead FILE CHARGES against the latter, whose personal details and civil status are in the case file, for violation of art. 2 of Decree 1194/89 […] FIFTH: To order the preventive detention of Ramiro Enrique Álvarez Porras, for violation of art. 2 of Decree 1194/89 […] SIXTH: TO CONFIRM the preclusion of the investigation ordered in first instance in favor of Fidel Antonio Castaño Gil for violation of Decree 1194/89 […] SEVENTH: TO CONFIRM the preclusion of the investigation ordered in favor of Héctor Castaño Gil […].128 95(102) On November 29, 1996, the Medellín Regional Court delivered judgment on José Aníbal Rodríguez Urquijo for his participation in the abduction and murder of Manuel Alfonso Ospina Ospina.129 95(103) Following the initial investigatory measures, on May 26, 1997, the Medellín Regional Court delivered judgment in first instance on the facts relating to the alleged abduction of Senator Manuel Alfonso Ospina Ospina, which occurred in Medellín on November 15, 1988, and the alleged disappearance of 43 men from the jurisdiction of Pueblo Bello on January 14, 1990. Regarding the latter, it decided to declare that six men were criminally responsible: Fidel Antonio Castaño Gil, Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía, Héctor de Jesús Narváez Alarcón, Pedro Hernán Ogaza Pantoja, John Darío Henao Gil and Manuel Salvador Ospina. They were sentenced to terms of from 25 to 30 years’ imprisonment for the crimes of abduction multiple murders, use of clothing that is for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces, terrorism and belonging to an armed group, among others.130 95(104) The defense lawyers of the men convicted and the representative of the claimant, José Daniel Álvarez, filed a remedy of appeal against the judgment of May 26, 1997 (supra para. 95(103).131 95(105) On December 30, 1997, the Sentencing Chamber of the Tribunal Nacional ruled on the appeal against the judgment of May 26, 1997 (supra para. 95(103)) and decided “not to accede to declaring it null as the accused Ogazza Pantoja had requested”. It also decided, inter alia, “to order [...] the partial annulment of the proceedings, concerning [...] the murder of the inhabitants of Pueblo Bello, whose corpses had not been identified,” so that it reduced the sentences of those convicted to 19 and 28 years’ imprisonment. In addition, it revoked the decision absolving some of those accused of the crime of theft and arson in first instance and the decision ordering the investigation of Fidel Castaño for the crime of terrorism. It also ordered three of those convicted to pay jointly and severally in favor of an inhabitant of Pueblo Bello, “compensation for the pecuniary damage caused by the illegal [act] 128 Cf. decision of March 11, 1996, issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 6679 to 6703). 129 Cf. anticipated judgment of November 9, 1996, delivered by the Medellín Regional Court (file of attachments to the application, tome II, attachment C1, folios 315 to 338). 130 Cf. ordinary judgment of May 26, 1997, delivered by the Medellín Regional Court (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C2, folios 339 to 416). 131 Cf. judgment of the Sentencing Chamber of the Tribunal Nacional of December 30, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C3, folios 417 to 480).

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