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(20) Army Second Sergeant (retired) Sandro Mauricio Perez Contreras
(detained on April 24, 2009)
(21) Army Professional Soldier Alexander Arroyo
(detained on April 29, 2009)
(22) Army Civilian Victor Manuel Lopez Manosalva
(detained on April 29, 2009)
(23) Army Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Alvaro Diego Tamayo Hoyos
(detained on May 7, 2009)
(24) Army Civilian Alexander Carretero Diaz
(detained on May 11, 2009)
(25) Army Civilian Edith del Carmen Palomino Army
(detained on May 11, 2009)
(26) Army Professional Soldier Dairo Palomino
(detained on April 14, 2009)
F. On May 14, 2009, six members of the Army‘s Six 15 th Infantry Battalion ―General
Francisco de Paula Santander‖ in Ocaña were detained for their alleged involvement
in the disappearance and homicide of Fair Leonardo Porras Bernal, a mentally
challenged resident of the San Nicolas de Soacha neighborhood. Porras Bernal
disappeared from the area on January 8, 2008, and appeared dead – presented as killed
in combat – on January 12, 2008, in the district of La Esperanza in the municipality of
Abrego (Norte de Santander). (Prosecutor General‘s Case Number Unknown –
Soacha Case)
(27) Army Major General Marco Wilson Quihano
(28) Army Lieutenant Sergeant Diego Adail Vargas Cortes
(29) Army Second Corporal Carlos Manuel Gonzales Alfonso
(30) Army Professional Soldier Richard Contreras Aguilar
(31) Army Professional Soldier Garcia Corzo Ricardo
(32) Army Professional Soldier Zapata Roldan Carlos Antonio
G. On May 15, 2009, nine members of the Army‘s 15 th Infantry Battalion ―General
Franciso de Paula of Santander‖ of Ocaña were detained for their alleged role in the
disappearance and homicide of Julio César Mesa and Johathan Orlando Soto
Bermudez. Cesar Mesa, a construction worker and resident of the San Nicolás de
Soacha neighborhood, disappeared on January 26, 2008, and was found dead –
presented as killed in combat – on January 27, 2008, in the district of El Espejo in the
municipality of San Calixto (Norte de Santander). Soto Bermudez, a minor and
student, disappeared on January 26, 2008, in the San Nicholas de Soacha
neighborhood and was found dead – presented as killed in combat – on January 27,
2008, in the district of Chircas in Ocaña municipality (Norte de Santander).
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