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name.200 They testified that the armed men were told that “there are many Leonidas” and one of them
answered him that “all of them would pay for it."201 His wife stated that after thirty minutes, other
armed men arrived with one masked individual.202 She noted that after removing the mask, they
realized that it was alias Fredy who told them to “hand a guerrilla over to him,”203 and accused them of
collaborating with the guerrilla forces.204 She stated that Leonidas Cardona told them that they were
not [guerrillas] and he angrily shouted back at them saying: “all of these bastards of this village are
guerrilla members.”205
126. The same witness testified that the armed men asked about her sister-in-law Inés
Muñoz. She claimed that they told Leonidas Cardona that “since the person they were asking about was
not there then he was going to pay”206 and they told him to come with them because “on La Piñuela
military base they would work out the problem.”207 She stated that alias Fredy let them know that they
should just resign themselves because other missing persons “had already been murdered.”208
127. According to the account of Andrés Gallego’s wife, on this same day he was at his
residence and witnesses saw three armed men break the door down and they took him away claiming
that they were taking him to La Piñuela military base.209 Leonidas Cardona’s sister stated that she saw
200
Annex 9. Statement of María del Rocío Cardona Fernández to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation,
dated December 30, 1996. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 12. Pages 303-304. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’
communication of June 24, 2010; Annex 51. Press clipping “La Esperanza anhela saber dónde están sus muertos” [‘La Esperanza
yearning to know where their dead are’], published in the newspaper El Colombiano, dated February 7, 2008. Annex to
petitioners’ submission of March 2006.
201
Annex 51. Press clipping “La Esperanza anhela saber dónde están sus muertos” [‘La Esperanza yearning to know
where their dead are’], published in the newspaper El Colombiano, dated February 7, 2008. Annex to petitioners’ submission of
March 2006.
202
Annex 9. Statement of María del Rocío Cardona Fernández to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation,
dated December 30, 1996. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 12. Pages 303-304. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’
communication of June 24, 2010.
203
Annex 9. Statement of María del Rocío Cardona Fernández to the Office of Special Prosecutor 53 Delegate to the
Rural Gaula Eastern Antioquia, dated February 26, 2009. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 12. Pages 329-334. Compact disk
attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.
204
Annex 8. Complaint of María del Rocío Cardona Fernández filed with the Office of the Attorney General of the
Nation, dated December 30, 1996. SIFUJ No. 752.065. Office of Special Prosecutor 53 Delegate to the Rural Gaula Eastern
Antioquia. Pages 1-2. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.
205
Annex 12. Statement of María Rocío Cardona to the National Human Rights Unit of the Regional Office of the
Attorney General, dated April 14, 1998. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 2. Pages 192-194. Compact disk attached to
petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.
206
Annex 9. Statement of María del Rocío Cardona Fernández to the Office of Special Prosecutor 53 assigned to the
Rural Gaula Eastern Antioquia, dated February 26, 2009. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 12. Pages 329-334. Compact disk
attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.
207
Annex 9. Statement of María del Rocío Cardona Fernández to the Office of Special Prosecutor 53 assigned to the
Rural Gaula Eastern Antioquia, dated February 26, 2009. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 12. Pages 329-334. Compact disk
attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.
208
Annex 12. Statement of María Rocío Cardona to the National Human Rights Unit of the Regional Office of the
Attorney General, dated April 14, 1998. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 2. Pages 192-194. Compact disk attached to
petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010.
209
Annex 24. Statement of María de la Cruz Hernández de Gallego to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation,
dated December 30, 1996. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Page 305. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’