5 g) On January 10, 2002, a truck transporting cocoa, headed for Medellín, was stopped by a group of armed paramilitary in civilian clothing. A female official of the transportation company contacted the Peace Community and reported that the paramilitary had retained the cocoa shipment and that they demanded the presence of a representative of the Community to return it, and the Community did not agree to this. Afterwards, the truck was found without the cocoa shipment and “without some money.” h) On February 14, 2002 Morelia de Jesús Giraldo Tuberquía, who lived along the road leading from San José de Apartadó to the roadside community of La Unión, disappeared in the municipality of Apartadó. Two days earlier, Mrs. Giraldo Tuberquía had been approached by a paramilitary, known as “Torolo” and known to have participated in the July 8, 2000 massacre. i) On March 1, 2002 a collective vehicle going toward San José de Apartadó was stopped at a place known as Tierra Amarilla by two paramilitary, one of them known as “Torolo,” who stole from the passengers “the groceries they had purchased,” threatened them, and told them that they were also going to check food supplies at the public transportation terminal and at the checkpoint. j) On March 30, 2002 two armed men in civilian dress stopped Gilma Rosa Graciano and Ofidia Sánchez, members of the Peace Community, after forcing them to get off a public transportation vehicle on which they were traveling toward San José de Apartadó, and they made them disappear. Oficia Sánchez managed to escape from her captors and immediately left the territory of the Peace Community “to save her life.” On March 31, 2002 the dead body of Gilma Rosa Graciano was found near the municipality of Turbo, department of Antioquia. k) There have been acts of intimidation, harassment, and violence against those in charge of transporting food from San José to San José de Apartadó, with the apparent objective of blocking supply of foodstuffs to the Community. l) On April 9, 2002 Reynel de Jesús Alvarez, who transported “grocery purchases” toward the Peace Community, was murdered. He was driving the vehicle from which, a few days earlier, Gilma Rosa Graciano and Ofidia Sánchez were forced to get off. m) On April 10, 2002, another driver was threatened by a group of armed civilians. n) On April 12, 2002 Osiel Montoya, the driver of a public transportation vehicle headed for San José de Apartadó was murdered at the place known as Tierra Amarilla. o) Members of the security forces have harassed the 41 witnesses who have rendered testimony on the acts of violence against the community, and this has led to postponement of the investigation until protection mechanisms are defined for those witnesses.