to victims of the Colombian conflict and legal support to “campesinos” involved in land recovery processes. For her part, Yelitze Moreno was the Coordinator of OASVAM’s Department of Investigations, Communications and Promotion of Human Rights. 39. In 2001 Mr. Castillo requested the Inter-American precautionary measures on behalf of 52 asylum seekers. Commission to grant 40. Subsequently, on February 23, 2001, Joe Luis Castillo, participated on behalf of OASVAM, together with PROVEA, in a verification mission in the Río de Oro area of the Municiplaity of Jesús María Semprún, State of Zulia, to confirm the presence of groups of Colombian campesinos on the Venezuelan banks of the Río de Oro (River Oro), and also to provide a record […] of the […] geographic, social, economic, and health situation.”31 41. On July 15, 2003 Mr. Castillo and his wife Yelitze Moreno resigned from the OASVAM “in order to seek financial stability and dedicate [themselves] to [their] professions.” B.2. Attack against Joe Luis Castillo González, his wife and his son 42. On August 27, 2003, at approximately 19:30 hours, Mr. Castillo, his wife and his son, at the time aged 32, 30 and one and half years old, respectively, were on their way home in a car driven by Mr. Castillo. Their house was located in the Tinaquillo II housing development, in the Municipality of Machiques de Perijá, State of Zulia. As they reached “L” street, two unidentified men riding a motorcycle, after examining the occupants of the vehicle driven by Mr. Castillo, stopped their motorcycle and began shooting at them. Mr. Castillo lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into the sidewalk. The car had bullet holes on the windshield and other parts, and Mr. Castillo suffered “several wounds caused by firearms.” Mrs. and Luis Castillo also suffered injuries due to gunshot wounds. 43. Mr. Joe Castillo was taken to the Hospital Rural Dos of Machiques, where he was admitted without vital signs. Mrs. Moreno and Luis Castillo were initially taken to the same hospital, and then transferred to the Hospital Clínico in the city of Maracaibo for surgery. Both suffered gunshot wounds to their left arms. Mrs. Moreno was hospitalized for almost one week. B.3. Consequences of the killing of Joe Castillo for his family and workplace 44. Following the killing of her husband, Yelitze Moreno and her son moved to her sister’s house in Santa Lucía del Tuy, State of Miranda, were they stayed throughout their recovery process, until December 2003. Subsequently, mother and son moved to Joe Luis Castillo’s mother’s house and later worked as a teacher at a school near their home. She refugees and/or asylum seekers in the border area between Venezuela and Colombia” (Merits file, response brief, page 304). The reference to Mr. Castillo’s work was also mentioned in an interview held in the context of the investigation into the attacks suffered by him and his family. 31 PROVEA, Report on the Verification Mission carried out on Friday February 23, 2001 in the Río de Oro area, Municipio Jesús María Semprún (File of attachments to the brief of pleadings and motions, Volume II, Annex 63, pages 2036 to 2040). 13