86. According to the testimony of Elio Gelves’ next of kin, the following facts occurred on the night of May 27, 1997 in the hours preceding his death: - Mr. Manuel Gelves Guerrero stated he was with his wife and children in their home. Towards 9 PM they heard people calling “patrón, patrón open the door.” He stated that at that moment his son “Elio got up from the room where he was sleeping and opened the door and started talking” these people told him “if he could join them”, “he had to collaborate with them.” 119 - Mr. Manuel Gelves Guerrero stated that his “wife Griseldina, grabed his son by the arm”, “but the Army men got ahead to get him out of his room and hit him in the face.” He pointed out that “then he got up and asked why they were taking him, and they answered it was so he could help take care of a car because they were coming to fight at the “Y”, and they would bring him back at four in the morning.” 120 - Mrs. Griseldina Carrillo de Gelves and Mr. Ariolfo Guerrero Gelves corroborated these facts.121 - Mrs. Griseldina Carrillo specified that her son slept only with “shorts”, therefore the ‘civilian’ “allowed him to get on a shirt and school pants, boots, and socks and then they got him in between them and took him away.” 122 - After the persons dressed as civilians took Mr. Elio Gelves, Mrs. Griseldina Carrillo states that “at half past three or four in the morning they heard gunshots, volleys that lasted about five minutes. 123 87. Mr. Manuel Gelves stated that the persons who took his son were “three men armed with a handgun, revolver or gun, dressed as civilians”, that “two were short and another was taller who was wearing a painted shirt and grey pants and was wearing a hat, they were not masked.” 124 Mrs. Griseldina Carrillo stated that one of the persons who took their son was wearing a cross-body bag (“morrala”) almost full as if he were carrying a ball. 125 Mr. Ariolfo Guerrero Gelves stated that the person who “entered to the room where he (Elio Gelves) was sleeping … was a person approximately 25 years old, brown skinned, short and had an accent similar to those spoken in the region.” 126 88. With regard to the identity of the persons who took Mr. Elio Gelves: 119This testimony is found narrated in Annex. 37. Comandante Décima Octava Brigada, Judge of First Instance, decision of June 13, 2000. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. 120This testimnony is found narrated in Annex. 37. Comandante Décima Octava Brigada, Judge of First Instance, decision of June 13, 2000. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. 121 See their statements narrated in Annex. 37. Comandante Décima Octava Brigada, Judge of First Instance, decision of June 13, 2000. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. 122 This is found narrated in Annex 39. Fiscal Delgado, Colisión de Competencia, July 30, 1998. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. 123This statement is found narrated in Annex. 37. Comandante Décima Octava Brigada, Judge of First Instance, decision of June 13, 2000. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. Likewise, the declaration is found narrated in Annex. 39. Fiscal Delgado, Colisión de Competencia, July 30, 1998. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. 124This statement is found narrated in Annex 37. Comandante Décima Octava Brigada, Judge of First Instance, decision of June 13, 2000. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000. 125 The testimony is found narrated in Annex. 39. Fiscal Delgado, Colisión de Competencia, July 30, 1998. 126This statement is found narrated in Annex. 37. Comandante Décima Octava Brigada, Judge of First Instance, decision of June 13, 2000. Annexed to the written brief of the petitioners, November 6, 2000.