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been punished, “because […] in Villavicencio there are always ‘paracos’, she thinks
that it is dangerous, and she does not want to comment or inquire because she is
afraid for her sons.
b) Esther Pinzón López, sister of Luis Eduardo, Enrique, José Alberto
and Jorge Pinzón López
When her mother arrived from Mapiripán she was very sad and she told her that on
the day of the massacre some hooded individuals came to take her brothers and
they did not see them again. Subsequently, her mother began to feel ill: “she
arrived in a daze, like in shock, her chest hurt, she went to a doctor but did not tell
him about what happened out of fear, she had chest pains, attacks[. S]he was afraid
when it rained and she had nightmares.” In this way, her mother “deteriorated” and
died due to the massacre.
She, in turn, upon hearing that her brothers were missing, felt “grief, depression
[and she felt] lonely, as they were very attentive of [them and] gave them very
important things. [Therefore, her] greatest grief is moral, [as her] brothers
supported [them] and gave [them] joy.” Furthermore, her mother “suffered very
much [and] was strongly affected by the December festivities, birthdays, and all
festivities that bring the family together.” Her brothers were very kind to their
mother and to all the sisters. They always got together on the most important
dates, but now “[they] try not to remember this because it is very ugly.”
Her brothers were “the main bread-earners” and helped the mother and the sisters
since the parents separated. Her sister Luz Mery also had a house, and farm
animals, but she had to “leave all that and lose it all.” After her brothers’
disappearance they suffered financial difficulties, were quite hungry, and she fell
back in her schooling. Furthermore, her mother spent money looking for her
children.
She fears that she might suffer an attempt on her life, not for herself but for her
children, who would be left alone because their father died.
She does not know whether her brothers are alive, but “if they are dead, even if it is
hard for [them] to accept, finding the bodies of the five, burying them, and saying
farewell to them would allow [her sisters and herself] to rest.” She asked that those
responsible be found and “that they should not ask for pardon [because] they do not
deserve forgiveness.” She also asked the Government to do something, not only for
the alleged victims in this case, but for the country as a whole, as “these massacres
cannot continue.”
c) Sara Paola Pinzón López, sister of Luis Eduardo, Enrique, José
Alberto and Jorge Pinzón López
She had a good relationship with her brothers. She has never been in Mapiripán, but
they told her of the massacre and that there were “beheaded people, chopped into
pieces, that on [her] sister’s farm they took her spouse and her brothers.” After what
happened to her sister, her mother and her sister’s daughter left for Villavicencio,
where they met her; this “meeting was horrible.” Afterwards, they went to Bogotá
and went through a tremendous process with their mother, who, due to the facts,
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