37 "Nueva Vida" and the State lent them humanitarian aid. The State took action in the Cacarica basin 160 aimed at assisting the communities, from which one family of "Nueva Vida" benefitted. 168. The precautionary measures issued by the IACHR continued to be in force for the persons returning to "Esperanza en Dios" and "Nueva Vida". The threats and acts of violence continued against these settlements. On June 8, 2001, the IACHR requested that the State persist with the measures of protection, in view of the fact that a group of paramilitaries had raided the "Esperanza en 161 Dios" settlement and had held 20 of its members. 169. On September 7, 2001, the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca protected the fundamental rights of the Cacarica river communities to health in conjunction with life, to tranquility, and to obtain a response from the authorities to their petitions, when taking into account that the plaintiffs pointed out that the communities had been displaced in the last week of February 1997, as a consequence of the actions committed by paramilitary groups and members of the armed forces, during operation "Genesis", carried out by the XVII Brigade stationed in Carepa [...] The return process to their communities was rescheduled in three phases, the third of which was to be completed in December 2000; however, it was suspended due to threats from paramilitary groups. Finally, during March 1 of the current year, the last phase of the return was successfully completed. During the time of the displacement, they have been the victims of threats, murders, disappearances, and being pointed out by the paramilitary groups and in irregular activities of the Military Forces. To date, 80 members of its community have been murdered and/or disappeared, and since 1998, they have requested the intervention by the competent authorities to clarify and punish the perpetrators of the senseless deforestation on their lands, which has generated new instances of 162 being pointed out and threats. 170. According to information received by the Ombudsman of Colombia, between 1996 and 2002, 106 persons belonging to peace communities and to the Cacarica Return Process were murdered 163 and 19 persons were disappeared. 171. On March 11, 2003, a raid of approximately 300 armed men took place in the 164 humanitarian area called "Nueva Vida". 174. In June 2003, the Commission conducted an in loco visit to the CAVIDA collective lands on the banks of the Cacarica river and received statements and information from the beneficiaries of the precautionary measures living and working in "Nueva Vida" regarding the killings, acts of torture, violence 160 Days of Comprehensive Assistance in 2005 and one in 2006 for medical and surgical assistance, food, medicines and psychological assistance. In coordination with the Community Habitat Financial Organization (CHF), schools were built in the corregimientos of Bogotá (1), San Higinio (1) and El Limón (1), and 150 temporary shelters were constructed for San Higinio, Bocas del Limón, La Tapa, Puente América, Santa Lucia, Barranquilla. Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009, para. 111. 161 The State requested that the military authorities protect the population and an inter-sectoral commission travelled to the area from June 9 to 11, 2001, and supplied information to the Security Forces about the p resence of armed groups in the area. This commission met with the population in order to listen to them and inform them of the protective mechanisms they could count on, such as a satellite telephone in the office of the delegate of the Ombudsman's Office. The State reported that the armed groups did not exercise violence against the population, that they had already withdrawn and that the individuals w ho went to Quebrada El Medio had returned to the settlements on June 9, 2001. Annex 59. IACHR's note to the Foreign Ministry of June 8, 2001, of the proceedings in MC 70-99. 162 Cited in: Annex 1. Constitutional Court. Judgment T-995/2003 of October 17, 2003, p. 24. Annex 15 to the petitioners’ allegations on the merits received on March 10, 2008. 163 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. In: Annex to the initial petition of June 1, 2004. 164 Annex 37. CAVIDA. We were always dreaming: Recollections of boys and girls lives who returned to Cacarica, July 2001. Códice LTDA Publishers. p.29, Annex to petitioners’ brief of March 23, 2009.