the information provided to the Court, a member of the community became aware of the military presence and, in response, the soldiers pointed their rifles at him. One of the soldiers asked him whether the place was part of a Peace Community; 10 q) On January 19, 2013, the youth, Arely Enrique Sierra Pérez, was retained by the 54th Forest Battalion, attached to the 17th Brigade, and accused of being a member of the guerrilla and providing information to the terrorists; 11 r) On February 6, 2013, a boat travelling towards the Cacarica collective territory was detained by paramilitaries who asked the occupants about three members of the Humanitarian Zones and stated that they had a list of 16 people who were to be executed; s) On February 13, 2013, on returning from Costa Rica, information was received that the panoramic glass of the automobile that was part of the protection plan and in which Father Alberto Franco Giraldo, Executive Secretary of the said organization, was travelling, had been struck by three bullets from a weapon with a silencer. These facts were preceded by the surveillance of, and various threats against, the team accompanying the victims in the case and Danilo Rueda, a member of the said organization; t) On February 16, 2013, in the place known as Tumaradó, six paramilitaries held up the public services boat that covered the route Turbo – Ríosucio on the Atrato River. There were around 20 people in the boat, including the children Wendy Orejuela and Ricardo Quinto, and the adults Etilvia Páez, Sofía Roa, Sofía Quinto, Edwin Orejuela, Marco Velásquez and Pascual Ávila, members of the Cacarica community councils that belong to CAVIDA; 12 u) On February 19, 2013, in the town of Turbo, the leader Elvia Hinestroza was questioned in an intimidating tone by an individual who stated that he had known where to find her and indicated that she was “with the Justicia y Paz guerrilla”; 13 v) On February 21, 2013, while going by boat to the Cacarica collective territory, members of CAVIDA, accompanied by representatives of International Peace Brigades, the Ombudsman’s office, and two members of Justicia y Paz, were accosted by soldiers attached to the 16th River Battalion who ordered them to approach the river bank. The representatives indicated that there were three paramilitaries accompanying the law enforcement personnel; 14 w) On February 24, 2013, the Comisión de Justicia y Paz was advised that the paramilitaries had detained a boat in which more than seven Embera indigenous people, including women, children 10 The representatives added that, during the threats, a member of CAVIDA had escaped from the place to advise the other members of the community. In reaction, the Afro-descendants organized a verification committee, which found that the soldiers had already broken camp and had damaged a community yucca crop. 11 The representatives indicated that the young member of CAVIDA was hunting when he was detained and threatened with being shot if he made any noise. After being threatened for three hours, he was allowed to go, with the warning that if he reported what had happened, he would suffer the consequences. This incident took place 20 minutes from the Nueva Esperanza en Dios Humanitarian Zone. The soldiers were presumably stationed in the Biodiversity Zone of the Ávila Moreno family, of which the leader Pascual Ávila Moreno is a member, making it impossible to carry out the work of environmental protection and food production. 12 They indicated, in particular, that the nine members who had attended the public hearing before the InterAmerican Court in San José, Costa Rica, on February 11 and 12, were accompanied by two members of International Peace Brigades and one representative of the Ombudsman’s office. The paramilitaries had asked who was going to Cacarica and had ordered that the baggage be removed; 15 minutes later, on verifying the presence of the Ombudsman’s office and the international observers, they authorized everyone to continue on their journey. 13 The representatives added that Elvia had arrived in Turbo the previous evening, after having taken part in the hearing before the Inter-American Court in San José, Costa Rica. In addition, she had taken part in the triathlon for the right to water of the Comunidades Construyendo Paz [Peace-building Communities] in REDA (“Network of Alternatives”) territories in the department of Cauca. 14 They also indicated that the paramilitaries included the men who, on Saturday, February 16, had identified themselves as the “Urabeños” and who had intimidated the members of CAVIDA. They added that, around 12.40 p.m., the Comisión de Justicia y Paz had been informed during a communication with the Interior Ministry that, since February 20, the Ombudsman’s office had requested that measures be taken to protect the entry into CAVIDA from the direction of Turbo. The soldiers had advised that everything was under control. The members of CAVIDA who were questioned by the soldiers of the 12th River Battalion included the child Edgar Martínez, together with Elvia Hinestroza, Maritza Blandón, Ana Del Carmen Martínez, Ana Rosa Álvarez, Mary Luz Murillo, Inocencia Murillo, Zulma Salazar, Ilsa Edith Quinto, Bernardo Vivas, Jhon Jairo Mena, Melanio Moreno and Benkos Salazar. 5