Puerto Bello, but that it was not caused the slightest inconvenience. The bodies of some of these peasants were to be found later buried on land belonging to Fidel Castaro. 11. It was also noted that on 19 March 1990, when six militants of the Patriotic Union were murdered at Apartado, as stated above, the massacre took Place 60 metres from a police station and 300 metres from a military checkpoint but neither the army nor the police intervened. Moreoever, the patrols covering the entire town had been ended an hour and a half before the attack. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/18 paqe 3 12. A few weeks after the establishment of the military réqime bv President Barco in the Urabá reqion on 15 April 1988, various investiqations established that a number of massacres had been carried out by certain elements of the Colombian armv allied to druq traffickers - for example, the massacre at the Honduras and La Neqra estates, where 30 aqricultural workers had been murdered, on 4 March 1988. 13. The maqistrate in charqe of the investiqation indicted several leaders of the Medellin Cartel, and also Lieutenant Pedro Bermudez of the liqht infantrv bataillon, but the latter was never detained. Shortlv afterwards, the examininq maqistrate's father was killed as well as the maqistrate newlv assiqned to the case. 14. Thus, since the reqion's militarization, IFHR has noted that paramilitarv qrouDS have stepped up their activitv and that the effect of the militarization has been to aqqravate the repression and prohibition of any political activitv. The paramilitarv qroups controlled bv Fidel Castaro seem able to move about with complete impunitv in Urabá, in the reqions of the Chocos and in the provinces of Sucre and Córdoba. 15. IFHR has also noted actions which reveal the implication of militarv or 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on human rights violations in Colombia, specifically in the Urabá region, which is a region with a history of violence and conflict. The report mentions massacres, killings, and intimidation of civilians, as well as the involvement of paramilitary groups and the military in these events. Given the focus on human rights violations and the context of violence and conflict, it is likely that the report is related to human rights and humanitarian issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights