-5995(75) On April 19, 1990, after they had been to the “amphitheater” of the San Jerónimo Hospital in Montería, four inhabitants of Pueblo Bello made statements and declared that they had identified the bodies of Ricardo Bohórquez, Andrés Manuel Peroza Jiménez, Juan Luis Escobar Duarte, Leonel Escobar Duarte, Ovidio Carmona Suárez and Jorge David Martínez Moreno.102 95(76) On an unknown date, the unidentified bodies were buried in a common grave in the San Antonio cemetery, in Montería.103 95(77) On an unknown date, the alleged members of the paramilitary forces, Ramiro Enrique Álvarez Porras, Héctor de Jesús Narváez Alarcón, Luis Ángel Gil Zapata, Pedro Hernán Ogaza Pantoja, Tarquino Rafael Morales Díaz and Elkin de Jesús Tobón Zea were captured at “Las Tangas”; they made preliminary statements before the Fourth Public Order Court on April 20, 1990.104 95(78) On April 24 and 25, 1990, Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía again appeared before the DAS to make a statement. On April 26, 1990, Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía made a statement before the Fourth Public Order Court and confessed facts related to the events of Pueblo Bello. Subsequently, on May 15 and 29 and on June 12, 1990, he made a statement before the First Public Order Court.105 95(79) In a note of September 12, 1990, the Headquarters of the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) gave the First Public Order Judge information concerning the facts that had occurred in Pueblo Bello. Among the documents accompanying this note were the “report provided freely and spontaneously” by Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía. The General Directorate of Intelligence indicated that this testimony had provided the basis for the operation that led to the discovery of several common graves on the “Jaraguay” and “Las Tangas” ranches in the jurisdiction of Valencia (Córdoba), and referred to the communications network among Fidel Castaño Gil’s ranches that existed at that time: […] The organization remains in close contact owing to a communications system that links all the ranches of FIDEL CASTAÑO, thus: […] 6. The Police Station in the municipality of Valencia has a [wireless] frequency available to communicate with FIDEL CASTAÑO’s organization, informing it opportunely 102 Cf. communication entitled “Qualifying opinion” of October 17, 1995, from the Office of the Attorney for Criminal Affairs (Procuraduría en lo Judicial Penal) to the Medellín Regional Prosecutor (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 6419 and 6420); ordinary judgment delivered by the Medellín Regional Court on May 26, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C2, folios 393 and 397), and judgment of the Sentencing Chamber of the Tribunal Nacional of December 30, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C3, folio 443). 103 Cf. testimony of José Daniel Álvarez Ruiz before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on September 19, 2005; report of November 24, 2003 issued by the Identification Unit of the Prosecutor General’s Office (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 5653 to 5660), and note of September 17, 2002, from ASFADDES to the Coordination Office of the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit (file of documents received during the public hearing, folios 2753 to 2755). 104 Cf. decision of the Medellín Fourth Public Order Court of May 15, 1990 (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folio 6998), and decision of May 16, 1990 issued by the Second Superior Court of Montería (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folio 6900). 105 Cf. statement of April 25, 1990, made by Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía before DAS; statements of April 26, 1990, May 15 and 29, 1990 and June 12, 1990, made by Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía before the Medellín Fourth Public Order Court (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 3523 to 3597, 4547, 5221 to 5295, 5312 to 5319, 5324 to 5336, and 6976 to 6995).

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