50 125(33) On June 11, 1996, about 22 men, heavily armed with pistols and revolvers, members of a paramilitary group, drove to the municipality of Ituango in two trucks, specifically to the municipal district of La Granja. The paramilitary group set out from the proximity of the municipality of San Andrés de Cuerquia, where they passed close to a police station, without the police doing anything to stop them. 125(34) The paramilitary group were also seen on several occasions along the way, first by the passengers of a public transport bus on the route between Medellín and Ituango, then by the passengers of the bus that traveled that route in the opposite direction, and by the inhabitants of a place known as El Filo de la Aurora, where the group stayed for about two hours. 125(35) When they reached the municipal district of La Granja, the members of the paramilitary group ordered the closure of all public establishments. When the paramilitary group had taken control of the district, they began a chain of selective executions, without any opposition from law enforcement bodies and in full sight of the district’s inhabitants. ii) Persons executed in La Granja 125(36) First, during the afternoon of June 11, 1996, the illegal armed group went to the workplace of William de Jesús Villa García, where he was killed by bursts of machine gun fire after being hit by ten bullets. At the time of his death, William de Jesús Villa García was 25 years of age; he was married to Miryam Henao Carmona, and worked as a bricklayer. His parents were Alfredo Villa Zuleta and Carmen Emilia García.61 125(37) Then, the same day, the paramilitary group burst into the home of Adán Enrique Correa, where they proceeded to murder Héctor Hernán Correa García, as a result of multiple bullet injuries. Héctor Hernán Correa García was 37 years of age;62 he did farm work; he was unmarried and mentally disabled. At the time of his death, he was at home with his father, Adán Enrique Correa García, his mother, María Libia García Correa, and a nephew of 10 years of age, Jorge Correa Sánchez. The eight siblings of Héctor Hernán Correa García were Dora Luz, Olga Regina, Jorge Enrique, Alba Cecilia, Nubia de los Dolores, Gloria Lucía, Luis Gonzalo and Samuel Antonio, all of them with the last names Correa García. The death of Héctor Hernán Correa García caused his family great anguish and obliged them to displace to different parts of the country. 125(38) The same day, the paramilitary group then went to the farm of Hugo Espinal Lópera where they shot María Graciela Arboleda Rodríguez several times and also used a knife to kill her, after interrogating her about the whereabouts of Mr. Espinal Lópera. María Graciela Arboleda Rodríguez did domestic work; she was 47 years of age, and a widow with six children. Her parents are Adán Antonio Arboleda and María Isabel Rodríguez.63 61 Cf. death certificate of William de Jesús Villa García (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, tome II, folio 3192). 62 Cf. death certificate of Héctor Hernán Correa García (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, tome II, folio 3188). 63 Cf. death certificate of María Graciela Arboleda Rodríguez (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, tome II, folio 3190).

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