On September 11, 2007, the Peace Community was awarded the "Testimony di Pace" in Ovala, Italy. The annual prize rewards the efforts of groups or individuals who have contributed to enhance peace and non-violence. Just days earlier, the community also received the Aquisgran Peace Prize, given each year in Germany, on behalf of all Colombian peace communities.

These prizes, the Community says, give them strength as they continue to face violence from the armed groups active in the area. On the afternoon of August 31, 19-year-old campesino Alfonso de Jesús Bedoya left for work, and he was reported killed two days later. The Community reported that the state investigative unit (CTI) told the family that the Army's 17th Brigade had brought his body to the hospital. He was not a member of the Peace Community, but was a recognized farmer in the San José settlement of Miranda.