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84.
Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval, son of Noel Emiro Omeara Carrascal, was born on
April 22, 1961,50 had a family with Fabiola Álvarez Solano51 and was the father of three children:
Manuel Guillermo, Elba Katherine and Claudia Marcela, all with surnames Omeara Álvarez52. Mr.
Omeara Miraval, who was close to his father, helped him with his livestock and farm business.
Mr. Omeara Miraval lived with his father-in-law, Héctor Álvarez Sánchez, who also managed
the San Miguel farm, located in La Huila, jurisdiction of San Martín.53
C.2. Disappearance and execution of Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval
85.
As a result of the attack that injured and subsequently caused the death of his father,
Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval decided to initiate investigations on his own in order to
discover the truth of the events.54
86.
On August 27, 1994, Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval was on his way to Aguachica
from the San Miguel farm, which was owned by his father-in-law, Héctor Álvarez Sánchez,
where he worked as administrator. Along the way, he was detained by several armed men, who
forced him to board a blue van in which they were traveling.55
87.
On August 28, 1994, Fabiola Álvarez Solano, wife of Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval,
filed a complaint for kidnapping with UNASE, in Aguachica.56
88.
On September 6, 1994, Héctor Álvarez Sánchez declared that in the town of San Martín
they indicated that the truck in which they took Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval is the one
that carries paramilitary people commanded by RP and JP, and that it was probable that he was
kidnapped because he was investigating the facts related to the attack against his father, Noel
Emiro Omeara.57 Similarly, on September 7, 1994, Fabiola Álvarez Solano stated that the van
in which Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval was transported was the property of RP.58
89.
On September 23, 1994, Clemencia Patricia Álvarez Solano, sister of Fabiola Álvarez
Solano, accompanied by members of the Andean Commission of Jurists, Colombian Section,
went to the office of the Director of the DAS in Bogotá to ask him to carry out the corresponding
investigations to find Mr. Omeara Miraval. Consequently, the Director of the DAS delegated a
prosecutor's office in Barranquilla to take the relevant statements and carry out the necessary
procedures to find him.59
Civil registration of the birth of Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval, supra.
Civil registration of marriage between Fabiola Álvarez Solano and Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval, supra.
52
Birth records of Manuel Guillermo Omeara Álvarez; Elba Katherine Omeara Álvarez, and Claudia Marcela
Omeara Álvarez, supra.
53
Statement made by Héctor Álvarez Sánchez before the Barranquilla Regional Prosecutor's Office on
September 6, 1994 (evidence file, annex 50 to the brief with pleadings, motions and evidence, fs. 2389 to 2391).
54
Testimonial statement of Carmen Teresa Omeara Miraval of August 17, 2010 (evidence file, annex 46 to the
brief with pleadings, motions and evidence, fs. 2366 to 2369), and Statement of Héctor Álvarez Sánchez, supra.
55
Statement by Héctor Álvarez Sánchez, supra; Testimonial statement of Fabiola Álvarez Solano of September
7, 1994, supra; Procedure to amend the statement of Elva María Solano de Álvarez on April 3, 2013 (evidence file,
annex 59 to the Merits Report, fs. 205 to 408); Testimonial statement of FP of July 13, 2010, supra, and Investigation
of MR of May 7, 2015, supra.
56
Complaint filed by Fabiola Álvarez Solano before UNASE for the kidnapping of Manuel Guillermo Omeara
Miraval on August 28, 1994 (evidence file, annex 47 to the Merits Report, f. 351); Report of the Military Forces-National
Army-Group UNASE Aguachica BR5 of October 13, 1994, file No. 015 of the Human Rights Unit, National Office of the
Attorney General, Bucaramanga, (evidence file, annex 48 to the Merits Report, fs. 353 to 354), and Statement of
Fabiola Álvarez Solano before the National Office of the Attorney General on September 7, 1994, supra.
57
Witness statement of Héctor Álvarez Sánchez, supra.
58
Witness statement of Fabiola Álvarez Solano on September 7, 1994, supra.
59
Statement of Clemencia Patricia Álvarez before the Prosecutor's Office of the case file 1663 on the attack on
Héctor Álvarez Sánchez on February 15, 2013 (evidence file, annex 66 to brief with pleadings, motions and evidence,
fs. 2463 to 2467).
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