-70- 95(115) On February 13, 2004, the 42nd Prosecutor of the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit ordered the reactivation of the arrest warrants for Rogelio de Jesús Escobar Mejía, Fidel Antonio Castaño Gil, Mario Alberto Álvarez Porras, Ramiro Enrique Álvarez Porras, Francisco Javier Álvarez Porras, Elkin Henao Cano, Jhon Darío Henao Gil, Manuel Salvador Ospina Cifuentes and Elkin de Jesús Tobón. It also ordered that the individuals with the following aliases should be identified: “Tarquino,” “Suqui,” “Grillo,” “Patecumbia,” “Mosco,” “Chino,” “Roberto,” “Peludo,” “Brujo,” “Marlon,” “Cosiaca,” “Ariel Mantilla,” “Nequi Espinosa (alias Álvaro),” and also Jaime Aparicio (alias Arles), Fernando García (alias Noventa), Sergio Rojas and León Yesid Henao, in relation to the events of Pueblo Bello.142 95(116) In May 2004 renewed excavations were carried out in the San Antonio cemetery in Montería, but the corpses of the peasants who had allegedly been disappeared owing to the facts of Pueblo Bello were not found.143 95(117) On August 23, 2004, investigators from the Technical Investigation Corps of the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit went to the San Antonio cemetery, in Montería, to oversee the work of construction, transfer and demolition of vaults. On August 27, 2004, they proceeded to delimit the total area of the common grave where, supposedly, the corpses of the 18 alleged victims of Pueblo Bello were to be found. In this respect, they reported that: The excavation work began and the extraction was carried out [...]. On August 29, 30 and 31 and September 1 excavation work continued, and several pieces of evidence were found, such as: children’s coffins, thin, transparent, black plastic bags with osseous remains [...] The bags that contained osseous remains with similar characteristics to those used to bury the bodies brought from the exhumation carried out at Las Tangas which, it appears, were those of the persons who disappeared from Pueblo Bello, were taken out and set aside. Then, the anthropologist OSCAR JOAQUIN HIDALGO DAVILA and the odontologist, ADRIANA MARIA CASTAÑO GARCIA made a comparison of the DENTAL CHART and BONE ANALYSIS of all the osseous remains with those characteristics in order to eliminate [those that did not belong to the disappeared]. A total of 121 “elements (sic) [were found], coffins, plastic bags and bags made of a synthetic fiber.” Of this total, 18 corpse/elements were selected, which had similar characteristics to the bodies from “Las Tangas” they were looking for, and which had been buried in that cemetery in Montería District P5.144 95(118) On September 2, 2004, investigators from the Technical Investigation Corps of the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit visited the Montería Specialized Court where they met with the Specialized Judge who put them 142 Cf. decision of February 13, 2004, issued by the 42nd Prosecutor of the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folio 5661). 143 Cf. testimony of José Daniel Álvarez Ruiz before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on September 19, 2005, and report “Pueblo Bello case Investigations,” issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, attachment V, folios 7280 to 7291). 144 Cf. report on “Investigatory Collaboration” of October 6, 2004, issued by the Technical Investigation Corps of the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 5678 to 5689).

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