7 a) on January 24, 2006, Mr. Alfonso Ibáñez, a beneficiary of these measures who was living in the humanitarian area of Nueva Esperanza, was allegedly murdered by members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). Mr. Ibáñez “testified before state agencies […] about the illegal appropriation of his property, the planting of [African] oil palm on Communal Property and [the] interrelationship [between the planting issue] and the paramilitary strategy;” b) paramilitary groups continue to operate in the region, with the tolerance of local army and police authorities, mainly in African palm plantations and at the entrances to the protected Communities located in the hamlets of Bajirá, Pavarandó and Barranquillita. The level of violence in the area has caused the Communities to become isolated, restricting their free access to health, education and commercial centers; c) the Communities refuse to accept that humanitarian assistance by the State should be accompanied by the militarization of their private property and humanitarian area. Although the armed forces should be present in the communal property, they must respect the private areas of the members of the Community, such as wheat plantations and biodiversity reserve areas. d) There is no information about the 300 families who have returned to Curbaradó and received food for their return. The Afro-descendant Communities of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó living in the humanitarian areas have not been the beneficiaries of the actions taken by the State. To date, Colombia has not provided comprehensive humanitarian assistance in coordination with the Communities so as to meet food, housing, health and education needs; e) the State militarily occupied humanitarian area private property and, on December 9, 2005, conducted a one-day Interinstitutional Mission to provide humanitarian assistance with the participation of members of the 17th Army Brigade. This was interpreted by the Communities as “a violation of the humanitarian areas that put them at risk, insofar as it had not been arranged with the Communities;” f) there is no comprehensive solution by the State to address the issue of the return of displaced persons, the early warning mechanism, and follow-up and prevention mechanisms; g) there is no regular assessment mechanism of the results of the measures adopted by the State; h) since 1996 there have been thirteen cases of forced displacement due to State action, one case of displacement due to armed confrontation and another due to the action of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and 113 crimes, 5 of them attributable to the guerrilla and the rest to military and paramilitary action and the illegal planting of African palm. There is still no proper investigation into these incidents; i) “the State does not take into consideration the connection between each of these crimes committed since October 1996 to date, considering that they all involved a similar method of operation, the same armed groups and the same intention to destroy the Communities;” j) it is disquieting that there are five criminal proceedings against the members of the Community Councils of Curbaradó and Jiguamiandó; the Cacarica communities; Justicia y Paz; and the international humanitarian organizations “Colombia Solidarity & Accompaniment Project” (PASC) of Canada and “Peace Brigades International”. In this regard, the afore-mentioned persons