28 dead.”115 He added that the soldiers entered the residence and said to them: “we thought that there was a camp in here”116 and “thank ‘em (sic) for not being killed, this is a miracle.”117 Witnesses testified that the military men accused them of being collaborators with the insurgency.118 According to their account, when Juan Carlos Gallego complained to the military officers, he was kicked in the head.119 The noted that when he said he was going to file a suit against them, they responded: “go right ahead (...) because you are going to lose.” 120 It was also claimed that the soldiers told Juan Carlos Gallego that “he was in their sight,” that they have to “give him a thrashing” and “to not be shocked if he popped up dead.”121 As is described below (see infra paras. 108-111), Juan Carlos Gallego disappeared 10 days after these incidents took place. 101. The witnesses testified that an individual was accompanying the members of the military forces, wearing a hood tied with a piece of rope and an army uniform.122 They recounted that the military took the hood off him and they recognized that it was alias Fredy, who the soldiers called “three-hooves” [‘tres patas’], whose disappearance was described above (see supra paras. 92-93).123 According to the statements, in the morning the soldiers took out canned food marked with the name of 115 Annex 21. Complaint filed by Eliseo Gallego Quintero with the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, Local Unit of Cocorná, dated July 8, 1996. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 1. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 116 Annex 30. Statement of José Eliseo Gallego Quintero to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of El Carmen de Viboral, dated July 19, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999. 117 Annex 21. Complaint filed by Eliseo Gallego Quintero with the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, Local Unit of Cocorná, dated July 8, 1996. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 1. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 118 Annex 30. Statement of José Eliseo Gallego Quintero to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of El Carmen de Viboral, dated July 19, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999; Annex 33. Statement of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of Cocorná, dated June 30, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999. 119 Annex 30. Statement of José Eliseo Gallego Quintero to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of El Carmen de Viboral, dated July 19, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999; Annex 33. Statement of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of Cocorná, dated June 30, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999. 120 Annex 21. Statement of Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated October 25, 1996. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 1. Pages 90-92. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 121 Annex 24. Statement of Jhon Fredy Castaño Gallego to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 10, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 81-85. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010; Annex 40. Statement of the sister of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández. Compact disk of Corporación Jurídica Libertad attached to petitioners’ submission of March 23, 2010. 122 Annex 19. Submission of the Corporación Jurídica Libertad to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, filed on April 2, 2007. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999; Annex 33. Statement of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of Cocorná, dated June 30, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999. 123 Annex 19. Submission of the Corporación Jurídica Libertad to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, filed on April 2, 2007. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999; Annex 33. Statement of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of Cocorná, dated June 30, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999.