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27. There were also reports of threats by members of FARC-EP against journalists. These
included threats against journalists in Arauca and Saravena on 7 August, for not having read out
a press release made by this group.
28. On 20 March and 6 June, the illegal armed group AC-NG made death threats on the
Internet against several human rights defender organizations, the Pastoral Social of Tumaco, and
the Mayor of Samaniego, accusing them of being “terrorists and couriers of human rights”.
B. Attacks against the civilian population and indiscriminate attacks
29. On 20 August, guerrillas of the FARC-EP attacked an Army armoured car, which caused
the death of a civilian and wounded five more. On 9 April, an attack with a car bomb destroyed
the police headquarters in Cali, causing the death of one person, wounding 41, and
damaging 240 properties.
30. On 29 April, in Puerto Asis, Putumayo, devices placed by members of FARC-EP exploded
and damaged property.
31. In Nariño, clashes between FARC-EP and ELN throughout the year led to blockades of
food, medicines and fuel, a crisis in the health and hygiene system, and the isolation of
communities due to the planting of minefields.
32. On 3 September, members of FARC-EP stopped a bus on the Medellín-Anori road and
forced the passengers to step out of the vehicle. In Teorama, Norte de Santander, members of
FARC-EP blocked traffic for five days, by placing a truck belonging to the municipality across
the road, and saying that they had planted a bomb in it.
33. In Lopez, Cauca, in February, members of Mobile Brigade No. 14 allegedly imposed
restrictions on the provision of food and fuel. On 9 October, in Orito, Putumayo, troops of the
Anti-Narcotics Brigade stopped a health brigade truck from entering the rural district of
Santa Lucia.
C. Acts of terrorism
34. In Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia, on 19 May, numbers of FARC-EP were allegedly
responsible for the murder of two peasant farmers, and for having dynamited their houses in
order to intimidate the population. FARC-EP were reported to have mounted a number of attacks
in Cali and Buenaventura, including 5 on 23 June, which left 23 wounded.
D. The taking of hostages
35. The office in Colombia was informed of the kidnapping of nine geologists in Choco
on 13 March, by FARC-EP; of four contractors of an oil company in Saravena on 12 March; and
of a businessman in Caldas in a rural area of Manizales on 1 May, who subsequently died in a
military operation. On 22 January, four peasant farmers were kidnapped by members of the ELN
in Hacarí, Norte de Santander.
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