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reiterates that the aforementioned participation and agreement between the parties
presupposes that they shall propose and coordinate the measures to be adopted.
57.
Consequently, the Court asked the beneficiaries and the State to agree on the
measures necessary to provide effective protection to them during their movement and
travels within or outside the area where they reside. In this regard, it urges the
beneficiaries and their representatives to provide the State with the cooperation
necessary for this. In addition, it asks the State to submit in its next report detailed and
complete information on the measures it has adopted and is adopting to provide greater
effectiveness to these measures, in particular with regard to what is set forth in this
considering clause and the prior one.
2. On the measures adopted to protect the life and personal integrity of
Ms. María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño
58.
With regard to beneficiary María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño, the State
reported that she currently enjoys the following protective measures: i) an “Avantel”
communication device to be able to communicate with her corresponding police contact
should incidents of threats arise or should she require a police escort, and ii) the
connection of the beneficiary to the National Police’s “Plan Godfather,” under which she is
provided with a trusted officer in the city of Medellin. Likewise, the State made reference
in several of its reports to different terrestrial transportation assistance granted to the
beneficiary, with the last of these reported to the Court by Colombia as having been
approved on February 23, 2010, for a period of six months. Likewise, in March 2009, it
indicated that the Medellin Police remain attentive to any requests made by the
beneficiary with regard to her security, given that it respects "the decision made by Ms.
[…] Mosquera Londoño to not want to report her current place of residence." It
highlighted that the measures granted to the benefit of this beneficiary are "the direct
result of the coordination with both the petitioners and the beneficiary.” It indicated that
in response to the beneficiary’s complaints over her Police contact, a change of that
contact had been proposed. Finally, Colombia reported that in a meeting held on June 25,
2010, (supra Considering 20) a proposal had been made that the beneficiary temporarily
relocate due to the concern expressed by Ms. Mosquera Londoño over the security
situation in Comuna 13, as she considered that the disturbances and incidents of violence
put her life and security at risk. However, the State indicated in October of 2010 that
thus far it had not received a response from the beneficiary to the proposal, for which
reason the Ministry of the Interior and Justice "could not move forward with any
proceedings to study the approval of aid for temporary relocation" to her benefit, as her
consent is required in order to do this.
59.
The representatives expressed that as with Ms. Mary Naranjo Jiménez, Ms.
Mosquera Londoño had had her transportation aid suspended definitively (supra
Considering 11), causing serious risks to her life and integrity when moving about and
traveling through the neighborhood. 26 Likewise, in July 2010, they indicated that "on
several occasions the beneficiary has needed to communicate with the police officer
assigned to her [under ‘Plan Godfather’] and the communication has not been possible or
they have not responded to her needs and requests."
60.
The Commission took note of the implementation of protective measures to the
benefit of the beneficiary. Nevertheless, it found that they have not been sufficient and
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In December of 2008, the representatives indicated that although the State had previously reported
that the beneficiary had been officially granted transportation aid six times, to date she had only been provided
with transportation aid once and that currently she was requesting a coordination meeting with the State on
certain situations of risk faced in the headquarters of the association Mujeres de la Independencias (AMI),
where the beneficiaries carry out "their activities as community leaders [...] and where on occasion Ms. Socorro
Mosquera has passed the night.” However, the representatives did not again present information on this.