A/HRC/4/48 page 31 statement in which he said that the victim had died because he had been hit by a stray bullet during fighting between the FARC-EP and the army. In Cucutá (Norte de Santander) on 24 June, a CTI official was shot dead while investigating drug trafficking activities by members of a new illegal group. 35. Finally, the Office received reports of several cases in which the right of presumption of innocence was violated by publicly presenting detainees as members of subversive organizations. An example of this was the detention in Fortul (Arauca) on 12 August of 13 persons whose pictures were widely disseminated by the media. E. Right to freedom of opinion and expression 36. The Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP) recorded 86 cases of threats against journalists. The same organization and the OHCHR Office recorded three murders of journalists up to the month of November. 37. For its part, the Office learned that in Barranquilla (Atlántico) between 3 and 6 June, three packages containing death notices and apparatus simulating explosives were received at the homes of the editor of El Heraldo newspaper and two of its columnists. In Bogotá on 30 April, Iván Cepeda, a columnist and human rights defender, received a threatening message from what was assumed to be a paramilitary group. Likewise, the Office was informed that members of “Medios para la Paz”, a recognized organization of journalists, received death threats throughout 2006. 38. It was also learned that, in Piendamó (Cauca) on 17 May, four journalists covering disturbances in the area of La María were illegally arrested by members of ESMAD who destroyed their equipment. In Caldono (Cauca) on 19 September, members of the SIJIN arrested two broadcasters from the indigenous radio station Uxwal-Nasa Yuwe Stereo. They were released on the 26th of the same month as there was no reason for their detention. II. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW A. Murders and death threats against protected persons 39. During 2006, members of the illegal armed groups, especially the FARC-EP, continued to perpetrate murders and massacres. Their victims were often people who were not taking a direct part in hostilities. 40. The OHCHR Office recorded 17 massacres of civilians, 12 of which were attributed to members of the FARC-EP. Among the latter were the massacre at Riosucio (Chocó) on 12 July, when 12 sawmill workers were killed with machetes, and that at Puerto Rico (Caquetá) on 5 February, in which 9 people travelling in a bus were killed. 41. It was reported that members of a new group calling itself the New Generation Farmers Self-Defence Organization (AC-ONG) perpetrated massacres of civilians. For example, in