E/CN.4/2000/9 page 57 253. Alba Libia Esquibel and José Albeiro Ortiz were reportedly subjected to torture by members of the Jaime Rock Military Battalion on 5 October 1993 (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 142). The Government pointed out that on 28 October 1997 the General Command of Military Forces in Colombia sent an official communication indicating it had no information whatsoever about the case. The Government stated that, in response to the Special Rapporteur's communication, it would undertake an investigation of the facts and transmit to him its results. 254. Álvaro Martínez Ramírez was allegedly detained and tortured by officers of the SIJIN on 28 July 1995 in Bogotá (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 152). The Government described the progress of inquiries with a view to establishing the facts and identifying those responsible, sufficient proof not yet having been found. 255. Alfonso Martín Boets was reportedly tortured during detention on 23 February 1993 in Bogotá by army personnel (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 130). The Government indicated that on 23 June 1994, the investigation was closed after preliminary inquiries by the Human Rights Division of the AttorneyGeneral's Office. 256. Gilberto and Germán Maldonado Escalante were allegedly detained and tortured in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, on 27 April 1993, by members of Army B-2 (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 134). The Government indicated that charges had been brought on 7 August 1997 against an army captain and four soldiers as part of disciplinary proceedings before the Attorney-General's Office. Some of the charges relating to one of the soldiers were dismissed on 28 January 1998. As a result, the charges have had to be reformulated, and the proceedings are in the stage of evidentiary hearings. 257. Nelson David Mora Angarita was reportedly tortured by members of the Revéis Battalion of the Armed Forces on 5 April 1994 (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 150). The Government indicated that the disciplinary proceedings that had been undertaken were closed on 20 April 1995 for lack of evidence. 258. Miguel Enrique Fernández, Henry Vásquez Arteaga, Óscar Hernán Jiménez San Miguel and Gerardo Silva Martínez were allegedly detained and tortured in Barrancabermeja by members of the Nueva Granada Battalion of the Armed Forces on 21 July 1993 (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 140). The Government indicated that a disciplinary penalty was imposed on 2 April 1997 with the 60-day suspension from duty of an army lieutenant and the acquittal of a captain who had previously been inculpated by the Attorney-General's Office. The decision has been appealed. 259. Jesús Antonio Jiménez, John Fredy Aguilar and Julio César Grisales were allegedly detained and tortured by police officers on 20 June 1993 in Medellín, Antioquía (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 136). The Government indicated that no investigation was carried out on the incident because the metropolitan police of Valle de Aburrá, which served as the investigating authority, found insufficient evidence for it. 260. Cristóbal Ospina was reportedly detained and tortured by police officers on 16 July 1993 in Puerto Wilches, Santander (see E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1, para. 139). In its letter dated 30 January 1998, the Government stated that the Office of the Procurator-General had handed the case over to Military Criminal