, ▁women , ▁ret ur ne es , ▁boys ▁and ▁girls , ▁and ▁eth nic ▁groups ." ▁ ▁Ext raj ud icial ▁execution s ▁ ▁F AR C ▁consist ently ▁carried ▁out ▁attacks ▁against ▁civ ili ans ▁specifically ▁target ing ▁sus pected ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁par amil it ary ▁groups , ▁political ▁advers aries , ▁journal ists , ▁local ▁leaders , ▁and ▁members ▁of ▁certain ▁ind igen ous ▁groups ▁since ▁at ▁least ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁U rab á ▁in ▁Ant io quia ▁Department ▁was ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁F AR C ▁attacks ▁against ▁civ ili ans . ▁F AR C ▁has ▁also ▁executed ▁civ ili ans ▁for ▁failing ▁to ▁pay ▁" war ▁tax es " ▁to ▁their ▁group . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Watch ▁( HR W ) ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁F AR C - EP ▁had ▁ab duct ed ▁and ▁executed ▁civ ili ans ▁accused ▁of ▁supporting ▁par amil it ary ▁groups ▁in ▁the ▁dem il itar ized ▁zone ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁without ▁providing ▁any ▁legal ▁defense ▁mechan isms ▁to ▁the ▁suspect s ▁and ▁generally ▁ref using ▁to ▁give ▁any ▁information ▁to ▁relatives ▁of ▁the ▁vict ims . ▁The ▁human ▁rights ▁N GO ▁directly ▁investig ated ▁three ▁such ▁cases ▁and ▁received ▁additional ▁information ▁about ▁over ▁twenty ▁possible ▁execution s ▁during ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁zone . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁H R W , ▁those ▁extra