70 attention to the rural population displaced owing to the violence, in the context of their voluntary return to their place of origin or their resettlement in another place, and adopting measures to prevent this situation.”158 125(109) Despite the actions of some State entities to mitigate the problems of the displaced and the significant progress achieved, it has not been possible to protect the rights of the displaced integrally owing, in particular, to the limited institutional capacity to implement State policies and the allocation of insufficient resources.159 125(110) The massacres that took place in La Granja and El Aro, added, inter alia, to the fear that similar events could be repeated, the intimidation by the paramilitary groups, the experiences during the days that the massacres occurred, and the damage suffered, resulted in the internal displacement of entire families from these districts. 125(111) Luis Humberto Mendoza Arroyave and Julio Eliver Pérez Areiza, who appear in the Displaced Persons’ Register, together with their family groups, received financial assistance from the State, based on their status as displaced persons.160 125(112) The Displaced Persons’ Register kept by the Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior at the time of the facts does not contain complete information on the population that was displaced between 1996 and 1999.161 125(113) The displaced inhabitants of El Aro and La Granja, who have been identified in the proceedings before the Court, are described in Appendix IV of this judgment. Concerning the damage caused to the next of kin of the alleged victims and the costs and expenses 125(114) Owing to the context in which the facts of this case occurred, the next of kin of the alleged victims, as well as the inhabitants of Granja and El Aro who survived, experienced profound anguish, and also pecuniary damage; in some case, their physical and mental health was affected, and their social and work relations, and their family dynamics were altered. 158 Cf. judgment T025 of January 22, 2004, issued by the Third Review Chamber of the Constitutional Court (file of attachments to the brief answering the application, tome III, Appendix 30, ff. 4363 to 4747hh); Act 37 of 1997 (July 18), “adopting measures to prevent forced displacement; and Decree 250 of February 7, 2005, “issuing the National Plan for Integral Attention to the Population Displaced by Violence, and ordering other provisions.” 159 Cf. judgment T025 of January 22, 2004, issued by the Third Review Chamber of the Constitutional Court (file of attachments to the brief answering the application, tome III, Appendix 30, ff. 4363 to 4747hh). 160 Report dated December 14, 2004, of the Technical Director of the Integral Attention Unit of the Program for the Displaced of the Social Solidarity Network of the Presidency of the Republic (file of attachments to the brief answering the application, tome III, folios 4629 to 4635). 161 Report dated December 14, 2004, of the Technical Director of the Integral Attention Unit of the Program for the Displaced of the Social Solidarity Network of the Presidency of the Republic (file of attachments to the brief answering the application, tome III, folios 4629 to 4635).

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