2 guarantee human rights, which it undertook to fulfill under Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To require the State of Colombia to investigate the acts denounced that gave rise to the present measures, for the purpose of obtaining effective results which will lead to the discovery and punishment of those responsible. 3. To require that the State of Colombia investigate the truthfulness of the possible connection of the persons protected by the provisional measures with illegal groups, especially the possible participation of Rosember Clemente Teherán (councilman), Juan Carlos Casado (mayor), and Marcelino Suárez (chief) in armed paramilitary groups. 4. To require that the State listen to the opinions of the petitioners and inform them as to progress in the implementation of the measures ordered by the Court. 5. To require that the State of Colombia, in its next report, include information on the measures adopted in relation to the operative paragraphs of the present Order. 6. To require that the State of Colombia continue to submit its reports every two months on the provisional measures taken and that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights present its observations to those reports within a period of six weeks of their receipt. 3. The August 12, 2000 Order of the Court in which it decided: 1. To request that the State of Colombia maintain all the measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Rosember Clemente Teherán, Armando Mercado, Nilson Zurita, Edilberto Gaspar-Rosario, Dorancel Ortiz, Leovigildo Castillo, Santiago Méndez, Ziola Riondo, Saúl Lucas, José Guillermo Carmona, Celedonio Padilla, Eudo Mejía-Montalvo, Marcelino Suárez-Lázaro, Fabio Antonio Guevara, José Luis Mendoza, Misael Suárez-Estrada, Ingilberto M. Pérez, Martín Florez, Jacinto OrtizQuintero, Juan Antonio Almanza-Pacheco, José Carpio-Beltrán, and Luis Felipe Álvarez Polo, in order t o avoid irreparable damage to them, in strict conformity with the obligations to respect and guarantee human rights, which it undertook to fulfill under Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To request that the State of Colombia continue investigating the facts denounced that gave rise to the current measures, with the purpose of obtaining effective results that may lead to the identification and punishment of those responsible. 3. To request that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights detailed information concerning the status of the provisional measures and the situation of all persons protected, once it establishes contact with them. 4. To request that the State of Colombia continue submitting its reports on the provisional measures adopted every two months, and that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submit its observations on those reports within six weeks of receiving them. 4. The August 14, 2000, October 13, 2000, December 7, 2000, February 12, 2001, April 25, 2001, June 13, 2001, August 3, 2001, October 3, 2001, December 7, 2001, February 7, 2002, May 2, 2002, July 3, 2002, September 2, 2002, November 6, 2002, and January 21, 2003 reports by the State of Colombia (hereinafter “the State”) in which it stated the various protection measures provided to the Zenú Community. Said measures include, among others: police and judicial investigation of the murders committed in the Community; constant patrolling and inspections of the workplaces and residences of the urban perimeter; constant communication with the leaders to hear their concerns and problems within the communities; and the establishment, in coordination with the Community, of the Frente de Seguridad Especial Indígena or Special Indigenous Security Front, and of the Escuela de Seguridad Ciudadana or Citizen Security School.