3 h) In this context, on September 27, 2002, the State promised to adopt urgent measures. However, fifteen days later, there were more paramilitary activities, detentions and threats and, consequently, further displacement of the inhabitants; i) On October 16, 2002, approximately 160 men, dressed in military uniforms with armbands of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), entered the Uradá customs house (resguardo) and threatened the community by saying that “they should either devote themselves to palm tree and coca cultivation or leave their lands”; j) The armed raids that threaten the refuge zones and the productive areas of the members of these Communities were carried out with the tolerance, acquiescence and participation of State agents attached to the Army’s Seventeenth Brigade. Moreover, armed civilians circulate freely near places where there is a military or police presence on the Atrato River. Individuals displaying insignias that identify them as members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and of the Army’s Seventeenth Brigade take part in these acts; k) On November 26, 2002, Cristóbal Romana Paz, a member of the Community Councils of the Jiguamiandó and of the Curbaradó, was detained by armed civilians when returning to the community of Uradá. On December 4, 2002, several members of the Community Council of the Jiguamiandó found his remains in a place known as El Cruce, which leads from Uradá to Pavarandó, near both a military and a paramilitary base. The body of Mr. Romana Paz was dismembered and the head was found about ten meters from the torso; l) On January 5, 2003, at about 12 m., Jhon Jairo Cuesta Becerra, Carlos Salinas Becerra and his companion, Dora Luz Sánchez, members of the Communities, and their children, Carlos Cristian Sánchez, ten years of age, and Aidé Salinas Sánchez, five years of age, were detained, intimidated and beaten up by “armed [men] dressed in camouflage,” some of whom wore Army insignias. Before they were freed, hours later, they were told: “we need people to work with the palm project. Up there on the border, we need people to work with the project[,…] as of today, there are more than 1,800 of us on this land [and] we’re not leaving[,…] you have decided to return, you know you are running a risk”; m) On the same day, while these five people were detained, ten or eleven “armed [men] dressed in camouflage” entered the settlement where the community of Puerto Lleras had taken refuge and fired on those who were there. Some of the armed men wore insignias of the National Army and others wore armbands of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). They also fired two rifle grenades at a group of people who were in the jungle. Five families who were unable to flee were subjected to insults and threats, in order to make them return home and work. Two days later, most of the inhabitants of Puerto Lleras had returned to their settlement, but during the afternoon, the armed men returned to prevent the community from leaving for the jungle. As a result of this armed raid, most of those who lived in the settlement fled to jungle areas the following day and remained hidden there until January 10, 2003;