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(5) Army Vice First Sergeant Alexis Ramirez Vivas
(6) Army Third Corporal Javier Adolfo Osorio Díaz
(7) Army Soldier Numar Armido Buitron Cabezas
(8) Army Soldier Lisandro Caicedo Obando
(9) Army Soldier Javier Francisco Belalcazar Trochez
(10) Army Soldier William Weimar Lemeche Hurtado
(11) Army Soldier Andrea Casso Chate
D. On May 7, 2009, (12) Army Soldier Jorge Alberto Amor Pelaez was detained for
his alleged involvement in human rights-related crimes. He remains detained at the
Fifth Galán Batallion in Socorro (Santander). (Date and location of the crime not
available) (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number Unknown).
E. On April 14, 24, and 27 and May 7 and 11, 2009, 14 members of the Army‘s 15 th
Infantry Battalion ―Francisco de Paula Santander‖ of Boyacá were detained for their
alleged involvement in the disappearance and homicide of two people, who were later
reported as killed in combat. Daniel Suarez Martinez (construction worker), a resident
of the state of Merida in Venezuela, left on December 5, 2007, at 2:00 pm in the
afternoon for Ocaña (Norte de Santander), where he was going to meet with the
mother of his daughters. On December 6, 2007, he was found dead and reported as a
combat death in the district of El Paramo in Otaré (Norte de Santander). Camilo
Andres Valencia (construction worker), a resident of the municipality of Soacha
(Cundinamarca), disappeared in Soacha on December 5, 2007, and was found dead
and reported as a combat death on December 7, 2007, in the district of Pavez in the
municipality of Abrego. (Prosecutor General‘s Case Number Unknown – Soacha
Case)
(13) Army Professional Soldier Oscar Franco Valderrama
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(14) Army Professional Soldier Robinson Alvarez Pava
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(15) Army Professional Soldier Olinto Ochoa Gelvez
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(16) Army Professional Soldier Tomas Contrares Duarte
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(17) Army Second Sergeant Merardo Rios Diaz
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(18) Army Professional Soldier Inocencio Abelino Gil Gonzales
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(19) Army Professional Soldier Daniel Coloma
(detained on April 24, 2009)
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