2 d) on January 13, 2003, villagers from Jatún Molino, which neighbors Sarayaku territory, were shot at from the bank of the Bobonaza River as they were traveling in canoes. As trees were cut down, the river, which is the Sarayaku people’s principal communication route, was eventually blocked, making it difficult for the Sarayaku to get from one place to another; e) on January 25, 2003, within the perimeter of Sarayaku territory, members of the Ecuadorian Army and CGC security personnel detained indigenous leaders Elvis Fernando Gualinga, Marcelo Gualinga, Reinaldo Gualinga and Fabián Grefa, after which they allegedly tortured them. It is alleged that the indigenous leaders’ hands and feet were tied with rope and their eyes blindfolded. They were thrown on the ground and forced to remain in that position for an hour. Fabián Grefa was forced to kneel alongside a rifle, whereupon they took photographs of him, apparently with the idea of accusing him of illegal possession of weapons. Later, Army agents put the four indigenous leaders aboard a CGC helicopter, flew them to a CGC base and handed them over to CGC security personnel, who also tortured the indigenous leaders. The four were then taken to Police facilities until the Sarayaku leaders managed to negotiate their release; f) on January 26, 2003, members of Ecuador’s armed forces, wielding firearms, allegedly attacked the Peace and Life Camp at Tiutihualli, which is within Sarayaku territory. They are also alleged to have attacked the Peace and Life Camp at Panduro. Approximately 60 indigenous people from the community were there at the time, among them women, children and elderly people who kept watch so that the CGC workers would not enter their territory. When this happened, the Sarayaku scattered into the rainforest, where they stayed for a week, too afraid to return, and living off of what they could gather from the rainforest. In that period, some members of the community were reportedly abducted by CGC personnel and reappeared in March 2003; g) on January 29, 2003, Marisela Yuri Gualinga-Santi and Tatiana Gualinga-Dacha, both 12 years of age, were stopped by an Ecuadorian Army patrol, along with workers from the CGC. They were questioned about why they were there and threatened by the CGC workers. The petitioners alleged that before the two girls were released, they were sexually molested; h) on May 5, 2003, the Commission asked Ecuador to adopt precautionary measures on behalf of the Kichwa indigenous community of Sarayaku. It also requested that Ecuador adopt all measures it deemed pertinent to protect the life and physical, mental and moral integrity of the members of the indigenous community of Sarayaku, especially Franco Viteri, José Gualinga, Francisco Santi, Cristina Gualinga, Reinaldo Alejandro Gualinga and the two girls whom Army personnel or civilians having no ties to the community might threaten or intimidate; investigate the events that occurred on January 26, 2003, at the Sarayaku Community’s Peace and Life Camp at Tiutilhualli and the aftermath of those events; prosecute and punish those responsible; take the necessary measures to protect the special

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