...one of the regions most affected by tension and repression has been the Bajo Aguán Valley. Peasant movements in this area, who fight for access to land in order to exercise their right to food, are faced with a situation of permanent harassment and abuse by public security forces, as well as by members of private security companies. Between January 2010 and March 2011, 25 deaths have been registered relating to conflicts over land in Bajo Aguán: 23 peasants, a journalist and his partner...[T]estimonies and information provided by national human rights bodies, victims and their families...also show direct involvement of private security guards from some of the local companies who are complicit with police and military officials...