something like pinches on his face, that it was cracked and missing an eye that his fingernails were taken out and some of his fingers were smashed.”237 - She said that “in the course of the next day his other two friends were found death in the road to the el Centro town”238 and added that they were also tortured, particularly “Albeiro Ramírez Jorge had his hands and stomach burnt.”239 According to Mr. Numael Antonio Ramírez, his brother’s and Mr. José Gregorio Romero’s corpses were found by the airport and “showed signs of torture.”240 Mrs. Diana Porras stated that when the bodies were found “they were dumped in a cattle grass ground, Albeiro’s body was face up, had acid burns in his face and mouth, he had purple nails, electric shocks, his pants were tore in the knees, as if they had been dragged, he had the original Brahman boots, he had no papers nor were their bicycles around there”. With respect to José Gregorio she stated that “his head was buried and his feet up as if they had tortured him.241 157. As a precedent, Mrs. Bárcenas described that “when the Army patrolled around the neighborhood and would find her son, who was coming from work, or somewhere else, they would stop him and ask for his papers; they would mistreat him, push him and hit him with their gun.” She said she knew about that because her son would tell her that “this always happened to him”, and “sometimes he would say, “if they kill me it’s because they are pissed off at me.” She said that “once he was stopped and asked for his papers, then taken to a lieutenant and when he was walking, the officer was moving his gun and loading it like to intimidate him.”242 158. The Commission observes that, in relation to the way Mr. Quiñónez’s death was confirmed, the report of the events that Lieutenant Alberto Prieto Rivera, Commander of Compañía “A” of Voluntary Soldiers, Battalion C/G No. 45 “Héroes de Majagual” to the 24th Military Criminal Judge, states that: [A]pproximately at 24:00 hours information was received about persons who were extorting and robbing vehicles in the road that leads from Barrancabermeja to Llanito, and its vicinities; an operation was carried out to confirm the information, the patrol was divided into two groups, one moving through the internal fertilizantes road and the other group moved around the high bridge to the seminary up to La Paz neighborhood, when taking the curve an individual riding a bicycle was observed. When he noticed the troops in the car, he jumped from the bicycle and tried to run to the fertilizantes road, he was yelled to stop several times and he did not obey, after shooting shots into the air to intimidate him, the individual reacted by shooting back, after receiving them then proceeded to respond, which resulted in the death of Quiñónez, who was found to be carrying a 9 mm caliber pistol, 01 provider for it, 04 cartridges, and 02 gun sheaths.243 237 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. 238 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. 239Annex. 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. 240 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. 241 Annex. 78. Statement by Mrs. Diana Isabel Porras Ramírez before the 67th Unit on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Attorney General’s Office of October 6, 2008. Annex 31 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. 242 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. 243Annex. 79. Letter from Lieutenant Alberto Prieto Rivera, Commander of Compañía “A” of Voluntary Soldiers, Battalion C/G No. 45 “Héroes de Majagual” to the 24th Military Criminal Judge, September 4, 1995. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.