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never working again at community organizations out of fear of retaliation and intimidation.404 Her
husband has had to change jobs constantly, and her children’s studies have been disrupted.405 Ms.
Ospina has also submitted information indicating that the threats and acts of intimidation by the
paramilitary members have continued during her displacement, which has prompted them to move
around to different neighborhoods in Medellin, and in 2003 they lived in Bogota, in 2004 and 2005, in
Montevideo, Uruguay.406 Despite these events, the first request of Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas to be
entered into the Single Registry of the Displaced Population was denied on December 2, 2003; and this
decision was later overturned under an order for entry in the Register of Displaced on February 13,
2004, almost two years after her displacement.407 Based on the case file before the IACHR, it can be
established that she only received from the State humanitarian aid during 2004 consisting of “three days
of groceries and the total amount of three hundred and thirty pesos ($330.00) for payment of housing
for three months”, and she never received any further aid from the State.408
290. Ms. Mosquera moved away along with her daughter Hilda Milena and her grandson
Lubin Alfonso Villera Mosquera after her arbitrary detention on November 12, 2002, and in her own
words: “I even slept on the street, in hotels and at friend’s houses.”409 She experienced displacement as
head of household, in precarious economic conditions, and separated from her other children, sons Ivan
Alberto and Marlon Daniel, because of the scarce financial resources she had available to her.410 Ms.
Mosquera notes that when she and her daughter and grandson departed as displaced persons, “we
were not accepted nor registered as displaced, so I didn’t receive any aid from the State.”411 She
returned to her neighborhood in Comuna 13 during 2004, and she describes how from that time on
“there were years of persecution, stigmatization, beatings, threats, verbal and physical abuse” by the
members of the paramilitary forces and of the police and the army.412 Ms. Mosquera also testified
before the IACHR on the impact of displacement and the continuing threats and acts of intimidation on
her physical and mental health, and her daughter’s and son’s fear of just going about their everyday
activities because of the potential for violence.413
404
Annex 15. Statement of Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights, April 27, 2012.
405
Annex 15. Statement of Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights, April 27, 2012.
406
Annex 15. Statement of Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights, April 27, 2012.
407
Annex 28. Decision Nº 11001-12791R of February 13, 2004.
408
Annex 15. Statement of Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights, April 27, 2012.
409
Annex 78. Statement of María del Socorro Mosquera received by GIDH c addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, on May 2, 2012.
410
Annex 78. Statement of María del Socorro Mosquera received by GIDH c addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, on May 2, 2012.
411
Annex 78. Statement of María del Socorro Mosquera received by GIDH c addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, on May 2, 2012.
412
Annex 78. Statement of María del Socorro Mosquera received by GIDH c addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, on May 2, 2012.
413
Annex 78. Statement of María del Socorro Mosquera received by GIDH c addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, on May 2, 2012.