43 checkpoint where the tradesmen were searched, the lieutenant in charge simply verified whether they were carrying arms and allowed them to continue, ignoring the considerable quantity of contraband merchandise that he had noticed.36 85(e) In the afternoon of October 6, 1987, Álvaro Lobo Pacheco, Gerson Javier Rodríguez Quintero, Israel Pundor Quintero, Ángel María Barrera Sánchez, Antonio Flórez Contreras, Víctor Manuel Ayala Sánchez, Alirio Chaparro Murillo, Álvaro Camargo, Gilberto Ortíz Sarmiento, Reinaldo Corzo Vargas, Luis Hernando Jáuregui Jaimes, Luis Domingo Sauza Suárez, Rubén Emilio Pineda Bedoya, Carlos Arturo Riatiga Carvajal, Juan Bautista, Alberto Gómez (whose second last name was possibly Ramírez) and Huber Pérez (whose second last name was possibly Castaño) were detained by members of the abovementioned “paramilitary” or criminal group that operated in the municipality of Puerto Boyacá near the farm known as “El Diamante”, owned by the leader of that group and located in the Cimitarra district of that municipality.37 85(f) On October 6, 1987, or during the night of October 7, 1987, members of this “paramilitary” group that operated in the municipality of Puerto Boyacá murdered the 17 tradesmen, dismembered their bodies and threw them into the waters of the “Ermitaño” stream, an affluent of the Magdalena River, in front of the place known as “Palo de Mango” [the mango tree].38 85(g) Several of the next of kin of the alleged victims formed “search committees” and traveled the routes over which the 17 tradesmen had passed. The following the Superior Military Court on March 17, 1998 (evidence file presented by the State on April 18, 2002, requested on the instructions of the President of the Court - paragraph 68 of the application - tome II, attachment 9, folios 1402, 1425 and 1484). 36 Cf. judgment delivered by the Cúcuta Regional Court on May 28, 1997 (evidence file presented by the State on April 18, 2002, requested on the instructions of the President - paragraph 68 of the application - tome I, attachment 4, folio 1224). 37 Cf. judgment delivered by the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of the San Gil Judicial District on October 19, 2001; judgment delivered by the Criminal Court of the San Gil Specialized Circuit on March 23, 2001; judgment delivered by the Cúcuta Regional Court on May 28, 1997 (evidence file presented by the State on April 18, 2002, requested on the instructions of the President - paragraph 68 of the application - tome I, attachments 2, 3 and 4, folios 1041, 1042, 1084, 1107, 1110, 1203, 1217 and 1220); judgment delivered by the Superior Military Court on March 17, 1998 (evidence file presented by the State on April 18, 2002, requested on the instructions of the President of the Court - paragraph 68 of the application - tome II, attachment 9, folios 1428 and 1484); report of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) of May 10, 1988; report of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) of March 15, 1989; and report of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) of February 13, 1990, entitled “Información adicional sobre la masacre de 19 comerciantes en jurisdicción de Puerto Boyacá” [Additional information on the massacre of 19 tradesmen in the jurisdiction of Puerto Boyacá] (file of attachments to the application, tome I, attachments B2, B3 and B4, folio 600, 662 and 687). 38 Cf. judgment delivered by the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of the San Gil Judicial District on October 19, 2001; judgment delivered by the Criminal Court of the San Gil Specialized Circuit on March 23, 2001; judgment delivered by the Cúcuta Regional Court on May 28, 1997 (evidence file presented by the State on April 18, 2002, requested on the instructions of the President of the Court paragraph 68 of the application - tome I, attachments 2, 3 and 4, folios 1041, 1042, 1084, 1107, 1110, 1118, 1203, 1216, 1218 and 1219); judgment delivered by the National Court on April 14, 1998; judgment delivered by the Superior Military Court on March 17, 1998; judgment delivered by the Superior Military Court on March 17, 1998 (evidence file presented by the State on April 18, 2002, requested on the instructions of the President of the Court - paragraph 68 of the application - tome II, attachments 5 and 9, folios 1263 and 1484); report of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) of May 10, 1988, entitled “Organización de sicarios que opera en el Magdalena Medio” [Organization of hired murderers who operate in the Magdalena Medio]; and report of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) of March 15, 1989 (file of attachments to the application, tome I, attachments B2 and B3, folios 600 and 662).