-50Barrera Orozco and Miguel Antonio Pérez Ramos were minors at the time of the facts.62 95(36) The two trucks with the individuals who had been abducted left Pueblo Bello at approximately 11.30 p.m. and drove back to the “Santa Mónica” ranch by the highway that connects Pueblo Bello to San Pedro de Urabá in an area that had been declared “an emergency and military operations [zone].”63 95(37) The purpose of the roadblock located between Pueblo Bello and San Pedro de Urabá was to control the transit of vehicles and persons. The inspection consisted in requesting the identity documents of travelers, searching vehicles, the occupants and whatever they were carrying, and all types of transit during the armed strikes. When an armed strike was declared, the military roadblocks in the zone operated from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.; after this time, the road was closed to all vehicles until the following day.64 95(38) At approximately 1.30 a.m. on January 15, 1990, they reached the “Santa Mónica” ranch where they were received by Fidel Castaño Gil, who ordered that the individuals who had been abducted should be taken to a sandbank along the Sinú River, located in “Las Tangas.” When they arrived, Fidel Castaño Gil gave orders that the trucks should be taken away and that the detainees should be divided into groups of three to five people to question them “about some livestock that he had lost a few days previously [...] and about the death of Humberto Quijano [...].”65 62 Cf. ordinary judgment of the Medellín Regional Court of May 26, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C2, folios 393, 396 and 397); judgment of the Sentencing Chamber of the Tribunal Nacional of December 30, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C3, folios 440 and 443); judgment of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Attorney General’s Office of February 9, 2001 (file of attachments to the brief with the answer to the application, attachment 2, folios 1739 and 1740); communication entitled “Qualifying opinion” of October 17, 1995, addressed the Office of the Prosecutor for Criminal Affairs to the Medellín Regional Prosecutor (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 6419 to 6420); birth certificates of Manuel de Jesús Montes Martínez and José Encarnación Barrera Orozco (file of useful evidence submitted by the State and by the representatives, folios 968 and 2697), and baptism certificate of Miguel Antonio Pérez Ramos (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, tome III, folio 1122). 63 Cf. ordinary judgment of the Medellín Regional Court of May 26, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C2, folio 365); judgment of the Sentencing Chamber of the Tribunal Nacional of December 30, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C3, folios 450 and 451); judgment of the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of March 8, 2001 (file of attachments to the application, tome II, attachment C4, folio 482); report submitted by the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) on September 12, 1990 (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, attachment 5(2), folio 1536); Decree No. 0678 of April 4, 1988, “ordering measures to restore public order in the area of Urabá Antioqueño” (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, tome I, attachment 2(5), folio 898), and testimony of Ángel Emiro Jiménez Romero before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on September 19, 2005. 64 Cf. testimonies of Mariano Martínez, Ángel Emiro Jiménez, Rubén Díaz Romero and Nancy Guerra before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on September 19, 2005. 65 Cf. ordinary judgment of the Medellín Regional Court of May 26, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C2, folio 365); judgment of the Sentencing Chamber of the Tribunal Nacional of December 30, 1997 (file of attachments to the application brief, tome II, attachment C3, folios 451 and 452), and report submitted by the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) on September 12, 1990 (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, attachment 5(2), folio 1537).