Additionally, the Commission mentioned in its request that it had learned that “in recent days, a small group of soldiers from Brigade 17 had returned to the area without returning to provide direct perimeter control of the humanitarian zones, that some soldiers had indicated that it would be impossible for new troops to arrive, and that added to this, a group of approximately forty paramilitary members were permanently located behind the Camelias-El Tesoro humanitarian zone and in the Caño Claro-Andalucía humanitarian zone.” In this regard, it indicated that while the State has reported on “certain efforts intended to partially fulfill the obligations of protection established by the Court, [...] the facts on the ground [...] have demonstrated and continue to demonstrate the inefficacy of the implementation of these measures, and demonstrate the need to protect more persons in the same zone on the grounds that they face the same risk factors.” 12. Additionally, the Commission indicated that it had learned that “grave threats and instances of harassment have taken place against members of various humanitarian and biodiversity zones, some of which are not beneficiaries of provisional measures.” Moreover, it mentioned that “the families that comprise the Humanitarian Zone of Caño Manso have been subject to numerous threats from alleged paramilitary members who are well-known in the region, as well as from the employees of businessmen in the area.” In this regard, “according to the information available, several inhabitants of the smaller Caño Manso councils had their lives directly threatened. This was the case with Santander Nisperuza, with interrogations by alleged paramilitary members of three farmers in the area - Miguel Mercado, Mario Mercado and Luis Solipaz – and with death threats faced by farmer Jesus David, who was threatened at gunpoint by alleged paramilitary members.” The Commission mentioned that “additionally, these residents of Caño Manso had suffered violations to their community spaces and grave infringements to their right to food.” It indicated that the members of the humanitarian zones of Caracolí and Argenito Díaz “have been victims of violations of their community spaces as the result of numerous attempts to make them vacate and through attacks by bad-faith occupants that destroyed their crops.” It noted that “some leaders of these communities also received grave threats.” In this regard, the Commission mentioned the death of Mr. Argenito Diaz, which took place on January 13, 2010. Regarding the Camelias-El Tesoro humanitarian zone, the Commission pointed out that it had been “informed of the continual harassment to which the members of the community had been subjected by bad-faith occupants that had taken the lands of the smaller council of Camelias, and particularly, the grave violation of the biodiversity zone of the Tuberquia family, current beneficiary of the provisional measures.” The Commission “emphasiz[ed] that currently, dozens of alleged paramilitary groups remain in the areas surrounding the Camelias-El Tesoro Humanitarian Zone.” 13. The Commission pointed out that its request “was based on the aforementioned serious and current grave facts and recent events, in addition to the risk factors on which the original request was based and that affect a significant number of families. Those families have formed humanitarian and biodiversity zones, which are fully identifiable spaces, as a mechanism for protecting their rights to life, humane treatment and community integrity.” 14. In more precise terms, the Inter-American situations in support of its request, namely: Commission singled out five different a) the “[i]ncreased number of families within those benefiting from the provisional measures as a result of new unions.” Regarding this, the Commission argued that “the existence of new members and families within the families that are already beneficiaries of provisional measures is the result of the socio-cultural and family dynamics of these human groups [...]. [I]t is evident that for them, risk factors have been identified that result from their close connections with the situation of extreme gravity and urgency that justifies their recognition as beneficiaries.” Therefore, it requested that the number of 5

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