-5295(44) Eight days after the facts, men in army uniforms, allegedly from the Carepa
military base, arrived in Pueblo Bello by helicopter and, based on a list, distributed
envelopes with 50,000.00 pesos to the next of kin of the disappeared, although
many of them refused to receive the envelopes.71
Concerning the
proceedings
investigations
and
the
domestic
administrative
and
judicial
The military criminal jurisdiction
95(45) On January 24, 1990, the 9th Special District of Urabá of the Antioquia
Police Department informed the investigators of the Attorney General’s Office that
they had informed the Military and Civil Headquarters of Urabá about the events that
had taken place in Pueblo Bello.72
95(46) On January 30, 1990, the 21st Military Criminal Trial Court opened a
preliminary inquiry “to determine whether criminal laws had been violated by the
troops based in San Pedro de Urabá.”73
95(47) From January 30 to April 3, 1990, the 21st Military Criminal Trial Court
carried out probative measures, principally receiving statements, to determine any
possible omissions by members of the Armed Forces during the events that had
occurred on January 14, 1990, and also to determine the existence of “drivable
trails” which could have been used to by-pass the military roadblock.74
95(48)
On April 20, 1990, the 21st Military Criminal Trial Court decided:
To abstain from opening the corresponding criminal investigation into alleged
irregularities by any member of the 32nd Infantry Battalion “Francisco de Paula Vélez”
[...]
To forward a certified copy of the publication in the El Espectador newspaper of the
interview with MARIANO VALENZUELA AGUILAR, and the statements of the private
individuals, ABEL ANTONIO LARA QUEVEDO and DIVA DEL SOCORRO ARROYO BLANCO,
and of Police Lieutenant EVELIO MONTAÑA PERDOMO, to the respective Criminal Court
71
Cf. testimonies of Mariano Manuel Martínez and Ángel Emiro Jiménez Romero before the InterAmerican Court during the public hearing held on September 19, 2005, statement made before notary
public (affidavit) by Leovigilda Villalba Sánchez on August 16, 2005 (file of statements made before or
authenticated by notary public, folio 2707).
72
Cf. official communication of January 24, 1990, from the No. 9 Urabá Special District of the
Antioquia Police Department to the investigators of the Attorney General’s Office (file of useful evidence
submitted by the State, folios 7083 to 7084).
73
Cf. ruling of the 21st Military Criminal Trial Court of January 30, 1990 (file of useful evidence
submitted by the State, folio 7227).
74
Cf. statements made before the 21st Military Criminal Trial Court by the soldiers, Álvaro Gómez
Luque, Néstor Barrera Vega, Manuel José de la Cruz, Gabriel Jaime Espitia, Jorge Humberto Ochoa
Álvarez, Elmer de Jesús Ospina Bedoya, José Julian Rodríguez Tamayo, Luis Hames Trujillo García,
Humberto Gutiérrez Grajales, John Salgar Castaño, Omai Vergara Atehortua and Edwin Cardona Patiño;
statement of the police official, Evelio Montaña Perdomo; and statements of the private individuals, Julio
Sánchez Sánchez, Rosa Helena Orozco Jiménez, Rosmira Mendoza Restrepo, José Guerrero Palacio, José
Freddy Hincapié Careth, Marino Valenzuela Aguilar, Abel Antonio Lara Quevedo and Diva del Socorro
Arroyo Blanco (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 7228 to 7269).
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