-2increased, often as a result of the growth of the informal sector and the increase of poverty, the prostitution of young women, and indigence; b) The activities of the two women, as human rights defenders, have been carried out in Commune XIII in Medellín. The population of this Commune is made up principally of fragmented families, many of them victims of enforced displacement. The districts that compose this zone and, in general, those established as a result of the displacement process, do not have the infrastructure or legal permits to satisfy basic residential services, and are known as “sub-normal districts,” and c) Commune XIII is located in an area with a history of conflict, in which police authorities have had little control and in which urban militias have been active; the latter are guerrilla cells for urban operations that exercised social control in Commune XIII. During 2002, several military operations were conducted in this Commune to eliminate the militia. There have been reports that, following these military operations, and after the elimination of the militia, the communes were infiltrated by paramilitary groups. 3. The alleged facts on which the request for provisional measures is based are described below. They include: a) On October 6, 2004, in the presence of Mery Naranjo Jiménez, Ana Teresa Yarce, who was the Oversight Officer (Fiscal) of the Community Action Committees, was murdered while working in Commune XIII. Mery Naranjo Jiménez sought refuge in a convent in the Commune and on October 19, 2004, received threats that members of paramilitary groups would take action against her children and grandchildren; b) On October 22, 2004, the Inter-American Commission adopted precautionary measures in favor of Mery Naranjo Jiménez and María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño, among others, in order to safeguard their life and personal integrity; it requested the State to coordinate the precautionary measures it would adopt with the beneficiaries, and to investigate the facts; c) On February 14, 2006, the Commission was informed that, the previous day, a Command of soldiers from the National Army and paramilitary forces armed and in civilian clothing had entered the home of Mery Naranjo Jiménez, violently and without a court order, and fired shots at the child, Luisa María Escudero Jiménez, the niece of Mery Naranjo Jiménez, who had been injured. The Departmental Police came to Mrs. Naranjo Jiménez’s home and prevented the detention of Mrs. Naranjo Jiménez and her family, but allowed “the aggressors to leave without taking any action.” These facts were reported to the Offices of the Attorney General and the Medellín Public Prosecutor; d) On February 16, 2006, a group of soldiers again visited Mery Naranjo Jiménez’s home and, when she refused to speak to them, they waited about 15 minutes and then left; e) In the context of the precautionary measures, on January 12, 2005, February 17, February 28 and March 17, 2006, the State reported on the actions adopted, and mentioned the following, among others: i. A follow-up meeting with the beneficiaries, Mery Naranjo Jiménez and María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño; ii. The opening of investigations related to the threats and acts against these women; iii. The provision of medical assistance to “the injured [child], who is out of danger,” and