14 thereby harming their good name, honor and dignity, and placing them squarely in the sights of the armed groups. 62. The petitioners contend that as a result of their arbitrary detention, Ms. Mosquera, Ms. Naranjo and Ms. Yarce filed various complaints with the authorities. In November and December 2002, they requested officials from the national government to adopt the measures that were necessary and sufficient to protect their right to life and their right to personal integrity, as there was serious reason to believe that their lives and the lives of their next of kin were in danger. On May 22, 2003, they filed a complaint with the Office of the Prosecutor-Delegate for Human Rights asking that the public servants responsible for these events be investigated and disciplined and, if appropriate, that a criminal investigation be launched. In 2003, they also took active part in meetings arranged with representatives of the national government to find a solution to their individual circumstances and those of other leaders and inhabitants of Comuna 13. 63. The petitioners also allege that on August 8, 2003, Ms. Yarce filed a complaint with the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation –Rapid Response Unit, Office of Sectional Prosecutor 116to the effect that she had been threatened by paramilitary who were operating within the area with abandon, despite the heavy presence of military forces. She asked that the facts be investigated to protect her life. In response, Ms. Yarce obtained nothing in the form of assistance or protection from the authorities. 64. On October 6, 2004, Ms. Yarce was murdered as she was engaging in civic activities in the Independencias III neighborhood. At the time she was in the company of her daughter Mónica Dulfary Orozco Yarce and Mrs. Mery Naranjo. The petitioners state that this killing took place three or four days after Ms. Yarce, doing her civic and social duty, reported acts committed by the armed groups against the community and filed a complaint with the competent authorities reporting the threats and harassment she had suffered following her unlawful arrest. The petitioners also report that Ms. Yarce was persecuted and ultimately killed because of her commitment to the community, because she reported human rights violations committed in the neighborhood, and because she demanded that human rights be observed and guaranteed. The petitioners argue that Mrs. Yarce’s murder was the work of members of paramilitary groups operating legally in Comuna 13 in the wake of Operation Orión, and the feigned demobilization of the Nutibara Cacique Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia - AUC) in November 2003. The petitioners contend that Ms. Yarce’s murder reveals that the civilian population in Comuna 13 is without protection and guarantees. Her killing also confirms the fact that during Operation Orión and thereafter, when the neighborhood was under the control of paramilitary, one of the strategies of control and social power was to finish off the grassroots and community organizations and their leaders because of the important role they played within the community. 65. As a result of Ms. Yarce’s murder, the safety of Ms. Naranjo and Ms. Mosquera was in even greater peril and they had to leave their homes and move away from their children. Ms. Naranjo returned to the Las Independencias III neighborhood in 2005; however, Ms. Mosquera’s displacement continues to this day, although she has never resigned her office as President of the AMI. 66. The petitioners note that as of the date of the assassination of Ms. Yarce, throughout Medellín it was known that the persons who had demobilized from the Cacique Nutibara Bloc had social and economic control over Comuna 13. Soldiers from the army and police agents who remained in the Comuna colluded with the actions carried out by the paramilitary groups, who continued operating