g) During the morning of August 26, 2012, and 20 minutes from the Nueva Esperanza en Dios Humanitarian Zone, soldiers from the 17th Brigade were approached by members of CAVIDA who asked the soldiers to withdraw from that place, because of the risk of confrontations that could endanger their life and integrity. Lieutenant “R” told them that the soldiers were resting and asked if the human rights organizations were present in the Humanitarian Zone; h) On August 28, 2012, in the village of La Honda, in the Cacarica territory, on the banks of the Atrato River, five Afro-descendants were forced to stop. The paramilitaries intimidated and threatened them, after asking them why they were going to the town of Ríosucio; i) On August 29, 2012, a group of 15 paramilitaries entered the village of Travesía or Puente América, Cacarica collective territory, forcing the Afro-Colombians who were there to lie down on the ground; they then threatened to kill them and fired shots into the air to terrorize the community; j) On September 4, 2012, after passing through the village of Tumaradó, a group of paramilitaries in a high-powered motorboat detained one of the CAVIDA community’s boats in which 20 people were travelling towards the territory. The representatives indicated that the paramilitaries stole more than 120 gallons of gasoline from the inhabitants of the Humanitarian Zone that had been destined for operating the community radio and television, the lighting of the Humanitarian Zones, the school and health centers. The paramilitaries, carrying weapons and communication radios, indicated that they were following the orders of the “Boss” who was in Turbo; k) The community leader Rosalba Córdoba informed Justicia y Paz that, on September 17, 2012, she had been threatened by the paramilitaries who controlled Tumaradó, and accused of denouncing the abuses committed since 1996 during and after Operation Genesis, as well as those committed frequently by the paramilitaries against civilians and goods that were travelling on the Atrato River annoying the so-called "Boss"; l) On October 19, 2012, in the port known as “Waffe,” in the municipality of Turbo, Edwin Mosquera, a member of the Comisión de Justicia y Paz, and of the team monitoring the Cacarica victims, was approached by three men, one of whom identified himself as a paramilitary; 8 m) On November 27, 2012, Josefina Mena, presumed victim in the above-mentioned proceedings, was approached by a paramilitary, who had been watching her for several minutes in an intimidating way while she was carrying out repair work on the monument to the victims erected in the Turbo stadium; 9 n) On December 22, 2012, the leader, Marcos Velásquez, was administered a substance that made him pass out. The following day, he was found in the sector known as “Las Yuquitas,” which the local people say is controlled by the paramilitaries. The leader had been divested of documents that contained information on new acts of violence and matters related to the application presented to the Inter-American Court; o) The same day, men on motorcycles, members of the paramilitary group, were lurking around the home of Alicia Mosquera, widow of Herminio Mosquera, who was presumably tortured and murdered by paramilitaries in December 1997 (an incident that resulted in the adoption of preventive measures by the Commission). Owing to this surveillance and what presumably happened to Josefina Mena, she and the group of women refrained from going to the Turbo stadium; p) On December 24, 2012, a group of 15 military units belonging to the 54th Battalion, attached to the 17th Brigade, irrupted into the Nueva Esperanza Humanitarian Zone. According to 8 In particular, they advised that Edwin was accompanied by an international human rights observer awaiting one of the victims proposed as a deponent in the proceedings underway before the Inter-American Court in the case of Marino López et al. (Operation Genesis). One of the individuals who approached Edwin told him that he belonged to the paramilitary structures that, even today, are operating in the area, under the name of “Gaitanistas.” In a threatening tone, the latter said: “I know what you are doing here now. I’m a ‘para’ from the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.” Then, he took off his cap and asked: “Don’t you recognize me?” When they did not answer, he added: “You may go on your way, but we are watching.” Edwin and his companion withdrew rapidly. 9 They indicated, in particular, that the paramilitary asked her: “Who is the leader?” and whether she was part of the “group who was working on the memorial.” They also indicated that he asked questions concerning the names of the victims inscribed on the memorial, and whether Josefina had known them. In response, the leader Josefina said that the monument had been erected by those who had been living in the stadium as displaced people since 1997. The man then said that he knew some of the names that were recorded there and finally left the site. 4