31 She was forced to leave Mapiripán because she “thought that they would return, because they had said that they would return.” As a displaced person she feels rejected by people and it is not easy to get work anywhere. The death of her spouse, the father of her children, has affected “their academic performance and [their] mood […] is not the same[. Also,] they have had to grow up almost alone at home because [she] ha[s] been unable to be with them.” She is afraid due to her testimony before the Court upon her “arrival at the place where [she] live[s], because there are a lot of those people and [she] do[es] not know what may happen.” She thinks the State can do “something for [her] children to continue studying and for [her] sick […] son to receive good treatment and to survive somewhat better, to have a better life.” Justice, for her, means for “all those involved in this massacre to pay […] for all that they did, and for this never to happen again anywhere.” f) Viviana Barrera, daughter of Antonio María Barrera She lived in Villavicencio at the time of the facts and visited her father every three or four months. When she heard of what happened she went to Mapiripán, where they told her that her father had been killed. She asked to see the body but they told her that was not possible, because it “had been mangled.” Her father wanted the best for her and for the children; he bought them a house in Mapiripán –where she lives now- and “tried to give [them] everything they needed.” Her father sent her the money for the rent of the house in Villavicencio and he supported the witness and the five children, including their education. After the facts her life changed very much; she had to work and move to a “less costly and humble” house. Since then, she has lacked many things financially. She also lacks moral support and feels “an immense void and a very great sadness.” Living currently in Mapiripán makes her “very fearful because a year ago [she] had to take [her] older son away [to Medellín] because the paramilitary threatened him.” For her, justice is for “those who did this […] to somehow pay for it […] whoever they are [for] this to never happen again and for there not to be impunity […] for so many things.” She also asked that they “do something truly productive for [Mapiripán]”. g) Expert opinion of Federico Andreu Guzmán, a human rights specialist Based on domestic legislation, on internal documents and orders of the Military Forces, on judicial and disciplinary investigations, on reports and rulings by international bodies, the expert witness described the historical development of the operational link between the paramilitary and the army. In this regard he stated that, “[t]hroughout the 1990s, the paramilitary project, as a strategy for control over territory and population, one that is permanent and complementary to the counterinsurgency policy of the Military Forces, was asserted all around Colombia. Actions by the paramilitary have no doubt been profitable, both militarily and