28 helicopter H-212 and an H-500 by CACOM-2. Likewise contemplating a helicopter attack over the Caño Seco target by BCG35 once assisted by ALFA, BETA and CHARLIE by CACOM-1 and CACOM-2. In this phase of the operation, we contemplated BETA mission over the La Loma target 90 [...] 91 133. "Operation Genesis" was carried out simultaneously and in coordination with the action of the Elmer Cárdenas paramilitary front. In this regard, former paramilitary leader Fredy Rendón Herrera, aka 'the German', stated before the FGN we can say that we had been operating in that area since about 1997 without the presence of the Colombian Army when it undertook an operation in the zone located between the Katíos National park and the Turandó river where the National Army undertook an operation called at the time Operation Genesis and troops belonging to the Elmer Cárdenas squadron present over the Cacarica river participated in coordination with some middle rankings officers in the area to rescue some foreigners and the recovery of other dead foreigners, this was done jointly with the army 92 [...]" 134. The leaders of the Afro-descendant communities, wishing to establish contact with the armed groups, found three security cordons in their path: the first by the ACCU, the second set up by soldiers of the XVII Brigade and a third consisting of members of the AUC and the XVII Brigade. In this regard, a witness stated the following before the UDH-FGN we saw the troops coming in by land, sea and air, also paramilitaries and soldiers were going together, I say this because the paramilitaries were carrying their symbol, a red armband with white letters forming the AUC insignia, then we got together to go speak with the army, with a Major called Salomon, he was in the Bocachica community and the surprise we got when we arrived: Major Salomon's guard were the paramilitaries that we passed in the three security cordons, the first there were a hundred paramilitary men who had entered in Cacarica, then some 200 meters further there was another security cordon where there were soldiers, and in the community pitch 93 there was another security cordon shared by the paramilitaries and the soldiers. 135. A member of the ACCU as well as Major Salomón both indicated to the Afro-descendant 94 community leaders that they had to move out and go to Turbo since everything was organized there and the leaders returned to their communities. 4. Marino López's death 136. On February 27, 1997, in the Bijao hamlet, approximately 60 members of the Elmer Cárdenas paramilitary group under the control of paramilitary commander Ramiro Soto and of Vicente 90 Annex 31. Order No. 01018 DIVIl-BR 17-B3-375 of March 6, 1997. Annex 8 to the petitioners’ brief of March 10, 2008. 91 Annex 42. Resolution on the legal status of Rito Alejo Del Río Rojas, case no. 2332 of September 12, 2008, p.18. Annex to the petitioners’ brief received on May 19, 2009. Cf. Annex 2. Ombudsman’s Office. Ombudsman’s Resolution No. 025 - On the Massive Human Rights Violations and Forced Displacement in the Bajo Atrato Region of Chocó, October 2002. Annex to the initial petition of June 1, 2004. Annex 27. Amnesty International. Colombia. Return to Hope: the Displaced Communities of Urabá and Medio Atrato, June 2000. At: http://www.amnesty.org/es/library/info/AMR23/023/2000/es. 92 Annex 43. Statement made by Fredy Rendón Herrera to the Unit of Delegated Prosecutors before the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Medellin on August 15, 2008. Annex to the petitioners’ brief received on May 19, 2009. 93 Annex 44. Statement of Adán Quinto before the Special Commission of the UDH and DIH of October 8, 2002, in the city of Apartadó. Annex 11 to the petitioners’ brief dated March 10, 2008. Annex 42. Resolution on the legal status of Rito Alejo Del Río Rojas, case no. 2332 of September 12, 2008, p. 20. Annex 1 to petitioners’ brief received on May 19, 2009. 94 Annex 44. Statement of Adán Quinto before the Special Commission of the UDH and DIH of October 8, 2002, in the city of Apartadó. Annex 11 to the petitioners’ brief dated March 10, 2008.