113. As mentioned previously, there is no dispute between the parties as regards the
presence of all these persons in the Palace of Justice at the time of the attack by the M-19
(supra para. 106). However, with the exception of Ana Rosa Castiblanco Torres and Carlos
Horacio Urán Rojas (infra paras. 133 and 136), none of them appeared among the survivors
of the Palace of Justice and their remains have not been identified among the corpses
retrieved from the events of the Palace of Justice; hence their fate remains unknown.
C.2.a) Cristina del Pilar Guarín Cortés 142
114. Cristina del Pilar Guarín Cortés was 26 years of age in 1985 and had a degree in social
science. At the time of the events she was working on a temporary basis as a cashier in the
Palace of Justice cafeteria, replacing Carlos Augusto Rodríguez Vera’s wife, who had been
on maternity leave since October 1985. On November 6, 1985, Ms. Guarín Cortés left her
home at 9 a.m. to go to work. Her diary and the umbrella she was carrying that day were
found among the debris of the Palace of Justice.
115. On the evening of November 7, the father of Cristina del Pilar Guarín Cortés entered
the Palace of Justice to look for his daughter. Her family also looked for her in the Institute
of Forensic Medicine, the Military Hospital, police stations, and the 13th Brigade, and they
also approached the Presidency of the Republic, without obtaining information on her
whereabouts. Also, over the following days, they went to military facilities in one of which a
colonel allegedly told them that “it was very suspicious that [Ms. Guarín Cortés] was […]
working as a cashier when she had a university degree.” Subsequently, the next of kin have
contacted different ministries and Presidents of the Republic, without obtaining information.
C.2.b) David Suspes Celis 143
116. David Suspes Celis was 26 years old in 1985; he lived with his companion, Luz Dary
Samper Bedoya, with whom he had a daughter, and he worked as a chef in the Palace of
Justice cafeteria. On November 6, 1985, he left home at around 8 a.m. to go to work.
117. Following the events, his family looked for him in hospitals, the Institute of Forensic
Medicine, the 13th Brigade, the Military Institutes Brigade, and the DAS offices, among
other places, without obtaining any results.
C.2.c) Bernardo Beltrán Hernández 144
142
The evidence relating to this victim can be found in: birth registration of Cristina del Pilar Guarín Cortés (evidence
file, folio 26208); Testimony of Cecilia Cabrera of August 16, 2007, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio
1059); Testimony of Cecilia Cabrera of July 21, 2006, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 27840);
Testimony of José María Guarín Ortiz of January 20, 1986, before the Ninth Criminal Investigation Court (evidence file,
folios 28056 and 28057); Testimony of Carlos Leopoldo Guarín Cortés of November 12, 1986, before the Inspectorate
of the Office of the Special Attorney assigned to the Military Forces (evidence file, folio 28018); Testimony of Elsa
María Osorio de Acosta of January 3, 1986, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 28024); expansion of
the criminal complaint on August 29, 2001, by Elsa María Osorio de Acosta (evidence file, folios 28001 and 28002);
Testimony of René Guarín Cortés of September 5, 2006, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 28072);
Affidavit made by René Guarín Cortés on November 6, 2013 (evidence file, folios 35745, 35746 and 35747), and
Testimony of Elsa María Osorio de Acosta of July 26, 2006, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 28025).
143
The evidence relating to this victim can be found in: Testimony of Myriam Suspes Celis of June 8, 2012, before
the 71st notary of the Bogota Circuit (evidence file, folio 27335); expansion of the complaint on August 29, 2001, by
María del Carmen Celis de Suspes (evidence file, folio 1125); Testimony of Luz Dary Samper Bedoya of November 10,
1986, before the Inspectorate of the Office of the Special Attorney’s assigned to the Military Forces (evidence file, folio
28274); birth registration of David Suspes Celis (evidence file, folio 27248); affidavit made by Ludy Esmeralda Suspes
Samper on November 5, 2013 (evidence file, folio 35642); Testimony of Luz Dary Samper Bedoya of December 21,
1985, before the Ninth Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 28245 and 28246), and
Testimony of Myriam Suspes Celis of April 8, 1986, before the 27th Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota
(evidence file, folio 28263).
144
The evidence relating to this victim can be found in: Testimony of Bernardo Beltrán Monroy of August 25, 2006,
before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 29283); Testimony of Fabio Beltrán Hernández of July 13, 2012,
before the 71st notary of the Bogota Circuit (evidence file, folio 27413); Report of the Truth Commission (evidence
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