32 Attorney General was sufficient.”151 The Prosecuting Attorney stated that she made a record of the person taken into custody and a report was drawn up with the accounts of both individuals. This document was not made available to the Commission. She said that “at that time the minimum requirements established under the rules of criminal procedure to bring a criminal charge against her were not met” and that “there were no grounds to hold her in custody.” She also stated that she was unaware of “the direction in which she headed and by whom she was accompanied.” 152 105. One witness claimed that members of the military forces told him that María Irene was taken to La Piñuela military base to be interrogated by the Army Major and was then handed over to the paramilitary forces, who would have killed her.153 Another person stated that he saw María Irene on July 15, 1996 in the company of soldiers on the Medellín-Bogotá highway.154 One witness testified that a few days after the incidents, she saw Irene with soldiers in a store, who had her as a “beggar.”155 106. According to the statement of Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández, on January 29, 1997, soldiers of the FTA came to her house with a photograph of María Irene Gallego dressed in civilian clothes and asked her if she was a member of the guerrilla forces, to which she responded that the army had taken her away and that she had not belonged to any guerrilla group. She claimed that they told her that they would investigate the situation. She also stated that she berated them for the “very serous mistakes that they had committed with the paramilitary forces.”156 107. As of the present date, the fate or the whereabouts of María Irene Gallego Quintero are still unknown. 3.4. Disappearance of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández and Jaime Alonso Mejía Quintero; and the death of Javier Giraldo Giraldo on July, 1996 3.4.1. Case of Juan Carlos Gallego 108. Mr. Juan Carlos Gallego was a public health care worker of Vereda La Esperanza.157 The Commission has testimonies indicating that Juan Carlos Gallego was the target of threats, harassment 151 Annex 15. Initial statement on the facts in response to the charges, given by Carlos Alberto Guzmán Lombana, File 233 UDH, dated February 13, 2001. Annex to petitioners’ submission received at the IACHR on February 1, 2007. 152 Annex 42. Official Letter No. 812-29 from Assistant State’s Attorney 29, Olga María Ruiz Angarita, to the National Human Rights Unit, dated April 1, 1997. Annex to petitioners’ submission received at the IACHR on February 1, 2007. 153 Annex 43. Statement of Gabriel de Jesús Cardona Fernández to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of El Carmen de Viboral, dated December 30, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of September 1, 2004. 154 Annex 24. Statement of Jhon Fredy Castaño Gallego to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 8, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 81-85. Compact disk attached to petitioners’’ communication of June 24, 2010. 155 Annex 23. Statement of a woman resident of Vereda La Esperanza. Compact disk of Corporación Jurídica Libertad attached to petitioners’ submission of March 23, 2010. 156 Annex 29. Statement of Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 28, 2000. Annex to petitioners’ communication of September 1, 2004. 157 Annex 33. Statement of Juan Carlos Gallego Hernández to the Office of the Municipal Ombudsman of Cocorná, dated June 30, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of July 1, 1999; Annex 44. Complaint filed by Florinda de Jesús Gallego Hernández with the municipal criminal court of Cocorná, dated July 11, 1996. Annex to petitioners’ communication of