and that same day was rushed to another hospital.77 With regard to these events, Jaime Antonio Omeara
Miraval stated that "[...] the UNASE group, [...] arrived at the park and picked up ERMINSON and my dad, and
took them to the hospital, from where at about two or three in the afternoon they were rushed to
Bucaramanga." 78
59.
With regard to the perpetrators of these acts, there are several witness statements in the
case file linking both paramilitary groups and State agents, especially members of the "UNASE". They are as
follows:
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Carmen Teresa Miraval Omeara said her father told her that those who injured him were "persons
belonging to the law." She said she learned that "they belonged to the UNASE because my dad gave
me a description of the one he remembered the best" and after a visit to "the San Roque park, which
was where this groups’ headquarters were” she identified an individual with the characteristics her
father had told her, who was known as "Rambo."79 Carmen Teresa Omeara also said she had made
"inquiries" and the other person who allegedly participated in the murder of her father was "PELO de
PUYA.”80
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Landis Sepúlveda Saravia said that "it was known in town that some UNASE boys had killed them.”81
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Mrs. Alba Luz Sepúlveda, Mr. Emirson Sepúlveda’s sister, said that "the people who killed [her]
brother in the restaurant [...] were members of UNASE, moved around (sic) on motorcycles, in one
red car and a (blue) one and walked through the streets. " She added that the person "who shot [her]
brother was thin, ugly, with a thin face, a big nose, short, clear eyes, and was a member of UNASE”.82
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Damaris Lanziano Lemus, Mr. Emirson Sepúlveda’s widow, said, with regard to those responsible for
the death of her husband, that "based on feedback from the people ... the UNASE had a lot to do with
it because just in the days before HERMIRSON’s death lots of Army and Police were visible all the
time, but on the day he was killed there was no-one.” 83
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Jaime Antonio Omeara said that "in the town there was an individual they called RAMBO, from the
UNASE group, a very scary character [...] who had the reputation of being a hit man. They say he was
77 Sworn statement of Araminta Omeara Miraval of August 25, 1998, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, pp. 174 and 175. Annex No. 38 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
78 Sworn statement of Jaime Antonio Omeara Miraval of August 25, 1998, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, pp. 172 and 173 Annex No. 41 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
79 Sworn statement of Carmen Teresa Omeara Miraval of February 18, 2008, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights
Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 3, pp. 142 – 145. Annex No. 39 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
“[…] I started to work in the organization at the beginning of 1993. I started to work with GUSTAVO VELÁSCO alias RAMBO who started
at the same time and the boss or leader of the group was ROBERTO PRADA GAMARRA. Sworn statement of Fredy Ramiro Pedraza of July
13, 2010, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 11, pp. 95 to 98.
Annex No. 4 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. See also sworn statement of Fabiola Pastrana widow of Galvis on March 30,
2003, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 2, pp. 122 and 123.
Annex No. 13 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. Cf. sworn statement of Damaris Lanziano Lemus of March 13, 2003, case file
No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 2, pp. 118 and 119. Annex No. 32 to the
petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
80 Sworn statement made by Carmen Teresa Omeara Miraval, before the 44th Special Prosecutor on June 28, 2011, Annex to
the petitioners’ brief received on May 17, 2014.
81 Sworn statement of Landis Sepúlveda Sarabia of April 17, 2003, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 2, pp. 138 – 140. Annex No. 43 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. Cf.
sworn statement of Damaris Lanziano Lemus of March 13, 2003, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit - National
Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 2, pp. 118 and 119. Annex No. 32 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
82 Sworn statement of Alba Luz Sepúlveda Sarabia of April 17, 2003, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 2, pp. 133 - 137. Annex No. 30 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
83 Sworn statement of Damaris Lanziano Lemus of March 13, 2003, case file No. 397 of the National Human Rights Unit National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 2, pp. 118 and 119. Annex No. 32 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010.
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