A/HRC/7/39 page 33 47. The office in Colombia recorded attacks on the lives of woman leaders, such as those suffered by the Mayor of Neiva, Huila, on 28 February and 22 December, attributed to FARC-EP. There were also the murders of a town councillor of San Vicente del Caguan, Caqueta, on 6 January and a woman councillor of Arauquita, Arauca, on 8 June. 48. There were death threats against women in Cauca by FARC-EP, caused by the fact that they had personal relationships with members of the regular armed forces. 49. The office was informed that members of Jungle Brigade 27 had sexually harassed girls in the rural area of San Miguel, Putumayo. H. Use of anti-personnel mines 50. In the Nulpe Alto Reservation in Nariño, 167 families in the Awá community were isolated due to the large number of mines planted by members of FARC-EP. The same situation occurred in the Nasa Kwe’s Kiwe indigenous reservation in Valle del Cauca. 51. The existence of the minefields has also caused forced displacement. On 23 April, in Tame, Arauca, all members of the La Esperanza indigenous reservation were displaced after the area was mined. 52. There were also reports of schools mined by the illegal armed groups. In April, members of FARC-EP planted anti-personnel mines around the school in the rural district of Campiña de Manzanares, Caldas. -----

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