-26the No. 1 Mobile Brigade and the Military Headquarters in Urabá. Thus, the social conflict became a military confrontation. In the period between 1988 and 1990 the paramilitary groups committed more than 20 massacres of peasants and trade unionists, resulting in no less than 200 deaths. With the tolerance and collaboration of law enforcement officials, from “Las Tangas,” Fidel Castaño perpetrated the massacres at Currulao (15 people murdered), Buenavista, Córdoba (28 people assassinated), Punta Coquitos, Turbo (26 people murdered), Canalete, Córdoba (16 victims), Pueblo Bello (43 peasants disappeared and murdered). On April 14, 1990, five people were assassinated in Valencia; on April 16, 1990, six more peasants were executed in Apartadó; on October 19 the same year, six more people were murdered; and on October 25, 1990, there was another massacre in Tierralta with a further 12 victims. In April 1990, six corpses of those who had allegedly disappeared from Pueblo Bello appeared on “Las Tangas.” l) Expert evidence of Carlos Martín Beristain on the psychosocial harm that the facts caused to the next of kin of those who allegedly disappeared and were murdered, and also on the climate in the jurisdiction of Pueblo Bello Mr. Beristain stated that the facts that occurred in Pueblo Bello had an enormous impact owing to the number of alleged victims, the public nature of their capture and subsequent disappearance, and also the context of defenselessness in which the events took place. The next of kin have developed a feeling of injustice and defenselessness; they suffered a significant level of “secondary victimization” owing to the lack of response to their efforts to find the victims, the lack of respect shown towards them, and the threats. In addition, the next of kin began to question the State’s guarantee of security and protection owing to the failure to respond to their requests to seek the victims, the fact that they encountered complicity and concealment on the part of the different authorities, and the perception that they were ignored. Also, they have experienced significant frustration and despair due to the lack of response to the requests to the authorities, and the failure of the actions they have undertaken. The factors that have had the greatest psychosocial impact are: (a) the total absence of the appropriate conditions for identifying the remains in the Montería hospital; (b) the lack of care and attention to the psychological needs of the next of kin; (c) the fear stemming from the absence of guarantees that prevented other family members from going to the hospital or taking part in the identification procedures; and (d) the exacerbation of the psychological condition of the next kin after they had observed the “full details of the horror...”, without any type of support. Following the events, “a climate of fear and desolation invaded the village and a total change in daily life.” The next of kin evinced many stress-related symptoms, owing to the situation of their property, which was affected by the context of emergency and forced displacement. This has been “a key factor in the disintegration of the families and the community.” Actually, 75% of the population of Pueblo Bello is new to the village and the armed groups remain, preventing investment and the reactivation of the community.