-76[and] identification of the corpses in order to establish whether, among them, are any of
the 43 men who disappeared on January 14, 1990 […]
That ROGELIO DE JESUS ESCOBAR MEJIA [be found] so that, based on the photographs
[of the officers and subordinate officers who were in the area at the time of the facts],
since an unofficial version was received from Lieutenant FABIO RINCON PULIDO, a
photographic identification procedure can be carried out and he can indicate whether the
Lieutenant Quiñones referred to in several statements is among [those] persons, and
also whether he recognizes in those photographs the subordinate officers he mentioned
as having allowed transit through one of the military roadblocks when the 43 people
abducted from Pueblo Bello were being taken away.
That his statement be expanded to describe the exact place where the military roadblock
was located through which the two trucks with the 43 people abducted passed, [using]
the map prepared by the Armed Forces to indicate the different routes that could be
used for this displacement, from [Pueblo] Bello to Las Tangas.
That [the same procedure be carried out] with the two drivers who, during the night of
January 14, 1990, drove military personnel between that […] jurisdiction and the
military base; so that they can say whether the soldiers that are said to have been
guarding the two men who were traveling in a black pick-up (allegedly including FIDEL
CASTAÑO GIL) appear in the photographs.[...]
That [it be established] whether, at some time, ELKIN HENAO [...], who was formerly an
officer in the National Army, was present in the same military bases, courses or
operations as some of the Army officers who were in the area of Pueblo Bello on January
14, 1990. [...]168
95(143) On August 16, 1998, the Office of the Delegate Attorney for the defense of
human rights ordered a disciplinary investigation to be opened against Lieutenant
Fabio Enrique Rincón Pulido. In the decision, it indicated that the investigation should
be limited to the act of forced disappearance of persons, and should not extend to
possible torture and multiple murders, since these were time-barred.169
95(144) On March 10, 1999, the Office of the Delegate Attorney for the defense of
human rights laid charges against National Army Lieutenant Fabio Enrique Rincón
Pulido, for allegedly having:
Collaborated with the kidnappers – apparently as previously agreed – so that they could
continue on without any difficult towards their final destination in the ranch known as
‘Las Tangas,’ located in the Department of Córdoba, where the corpses of some of those
people were found in common graves, while others remain disappeared, ‘in an indefinite
status’ as regards their possible fate.170
95(145) On July 31, 2000, the Office of the Delegate Disciplinary Attorney for the
defense of human rights issued a ruling in first instance in the disciplinary
investigation against National Army Lieutenant Fabio Enrique Rincón Pulido, in which
he decided:
FIRST: TO ABSOLVE National Army Lieutenant FABIO ENRIQUE RINCON PULIDO of all
disciplinary responsibility [...] in relation to the charges of which he is accused for
alleged active participation in the facts that occurred in Pueblo Bello on January 14,
1990, and in accordance with the findings set out in the pleadings [...]
168
Cf. decision of February 12, 1998, issued by the Office of the Delegate Attorney for the defense of
human rights (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 4251 to 4254).
169
Cf. decision of August 16, 1998, issued by the Office of the Delegate Attorney for the defense of
human rights (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 4522 to 4534).
170
Cf. decision of March 10, 1999, issued by the Office of the Delegate Attorney for the defense of
human rights (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 5796 to 5805).
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