A/HRC/4/48 page 35 F. Forced displacements 65. During 2006, there were reports of cases of forced displacement, both individual and collective. Some of these were precipitated by armed conflicts. Others were due to death threats, fear of reprisals, abuses committed by persons directly participating in hostilities and the use of aerial spraying of areas where illicit crops were grown. 66. From April onwards, in the municipalities of Fortul, Tame and Saravena (Arauca), as a result of armed clashes between FARC-EP and ELN guerrillas, a number of forced displacements occurred. One particularly serious displacement took place in early August, affecting over 330 families. 67. On 27 April in Puerto Asís (Putumayo), nine families of the Siona ethnic group were forced to leave their homes, fleeing attacks by FARC-EP guerrillas against ships belonging to the Southern Naval Force anchored near that indigenous community. 68. In the municipality of Itsmina (Chocó) on 30 or 31 March, the FARC-EP murdered two teachers. This development caused the displacement of 1,748 persons from different indigenous communities in the Medio San Juan region. 69. In Cumbitara and Policarpa (Nariño) on 17 April, fighting between the army and the FARC-EP caused the massive displacement of 1,455 Afro-Colombians. In Ricaurte (Nariño) on 12 July, as a result of fighting between guerrillas and army personnel carrying out Operation Jupiter II, 1,816 members of the Awá indigenous community were forced to leave their land. 70. In January, in several villages in the municipalities of San Juan de Arama and Vista Hermosa (Meta), FARC-EP guerrillas trying to prevent the manual eradication of illegal crops forced the displacement of over 1,500 inhabitants from the area. During August, in Nariño and Argelia (Antioquia), members of this same group forced over 2,400 peasants off their land in order to put pressure on the authorities to stop spraying illegal crops. 71. The Office also learned of cases of forced displacement motivated by abuses by army personnel. One such displacement, involving 1,228 peasants, occurred in the municipality of Samaná (Caldas). G. Boy and girl victims of the armed conflict 72. Young boys and girls and adolescents continued to suffer the impact of the armed conflict. The OHCHR Office was informed of a number of murders of boys and girls. On 29 April in Trinidad (Casanare), two children were allegedly arrested illegally at their school by army personnel. Next day, the Brigade XVI military authorities produced their bodies, identifying them as guerrillas killed in combat. 73. Cases of recruitment of children continued to occur in several parts of the country, especially in Arauca, Putumayo, Guaviare, Meta, Antioquia, Cauca and Valle. In Arauca, in connection with the fighting between the FARC-EP and ELN, several boys and girls were recruited by members of both these illegal groups.