Mrs. Rosalba Bárcenas, and said that “before they gave us an answer, a soldier was able to tell us that three youth in bicycles were taken there but a Lieutenant or sub officer hit him.”229 - She said that between 12:15 and 12:30 pm she passed by an army truck and because its cover rose, she saw a pair of yellow boots like the ones Mr. Albeiro Ramírez Jorge was wearing that day.” She stated that “she was with Miriam Reyes, José Gregorio’s mother” and “both saw the same.”230 - She stated that after the Battalion, they went to her house where they waited. Later, “at about 5:30 am they went to the military base of Edabasa, where they were told they were not there.” They then went “down to the Battalion” and they were told that there was nobody there and that they were not picking up anyone.”231 She said that at that moment she turned and saw “that the two soldiers hit their fists and made a thumb up.” 232 She said that later, they “went back to their residency and nothing either.” 233 - She said that on September 4th, 1995, at approximately at 7 am, her son was picked up dead by employees of the funeral home “Foronda” in the La Paz neighborhood on the road to el Llanito town.234 She added that she received said news from a lady who was coming from the funeral home and told her “she was carrying a dead body of a person who was carrying a bicycle on his side.”235 Mrs. Bárcenas describes that her son’s body “had visible torture traces, a finger on his left hand had been amputated and his left eyeball taken out” and “part of his face was sunken as a result of a struck and his left arm was split and cracked.”236 Mr. Numael Antonio Ramírez declared that “he had 229 Annex. 76. Statement by Mr. Numael Antonio Ramírez before the General Prosecutor’s Office Province Investigator (Visitador) of Barrancabermeja on September 8th, 1995. Annex 6 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 230 Annex. 77. Additional statement and ratification by Mrs. Rosalba Bárcenas Torres of October 19, 1995. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 231Annex. 74. Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Legal Representative (Solicitor’s Office) of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. In her statement to Municipal Legal Representative, Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas made a similar description of the events. In this regard, she indicated that she took the task of finding her son in the Nueva Granada Battalion; in the 1º de Mayo Police Station; and in the police headquarters located in the area of the pier, "and in every unit they said that they had not brought my son and the other two boys." However, she indicated that "when she asked about her son and his two friends in the Nueva Granada Battalion, a soldier initially told her that three detainees had been taken there but she then asked those in charge of providing this kind of information in the Battalion and they denied the three boys had been brought." See: Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Legal Representative (or Solicitor’s Office) on September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 232 Annex. 77. Additional statement and ratification by Mrs. Rosalba Bárcenas Torres of October 19, 1995. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 233Annex. 74. Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Legal Representative (Solicitor’s Office) of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. In her statement to Municipal Legal Representative, Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas made a similar description of the events. In this regard, she indicated that she took the task of finding her son in the Nueva Granada Battalion; in the 1º de Mayo Police Station; and in the police headquarters located in the area of the pier, "and in every unit they said that they had not brought my son and the other two boys." However, she indicated that "when she asked about her son and his two friends in the Nueva Granada Battalion, a soldier initially told her that three detainees had been taken there but she then asked those in charge of providing this kind of information in the Battalion and they denied the three boys had been brought." See: Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Legal Representative (or Solicitor’s Office) on September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 234 Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) on September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 235 Annex. 74. Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 236 Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) on September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. In its complaint before the Municipal Ombudsperson she stated that “he was all battered the face (illegible) the left eye, they broke his hands, he had them but were both cracked, half of his finger was missing –the lady points to her left arm- says that her son had (illegible) his flesh all opened up, large head hollows in his head and the (illegible) was all broken.” Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.