3 hearing held on January 28, 2010, the Court will refer to the following aspects in relation to the implementation of the provisional measures in the present matter. 6. That regarding the facts denounced during the months of October, November, and December of 2009 against Mr. Adrián Meléndez Quijano and Ms. Gloria de Meléndez and Jacqueline Mejía de Meléndez (infra Considering 9), the State signaled that it adopted immediate measures, such as: assigning a police agent for the security of Mr. Adrián Meléndez Quijano, providing a police phone number to provide emergency protection, and carrying out police patrol activities in the zones of their residences and work-places of their next of kin, who are also beneficiaries of these measures. Also, the State pointed out that the “Prosecutor General’s Office of El Salvador gave a report about two case files of investigations open in relation with the new facts that occurred in the months of October, November, and December of 2009, as well as the designation of a specific official for each case file and the formulation of the corresponding government directions[; n]evertheless, [the Prosecutor General’s Office] did not bring forward the information regarding the results [of the investigations].” At the same time, the State “recognize[ed] that there were deficiencies in the investigation of the facts that had given place to the present measures in conformity with the information that […] was presented by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic and [reiterated that it was] ope[n] to any requirement [of] the Court.” 7. That regarding the implementation of the measures, the State informed that during the meeting held with the representatives on November 27, 2009, they agreed, inter alia, to the following measures of protection that will be implemented beginning February 2010: a) to provide female security personnel with the suitable communication team; b) the Meléndez Quijano family will participate in the selection of the security personnel, as well as in the definition of the plan of security measures, and c) in the case that changes exist in the measures of security, the family will be previously informed by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, and this changes will only be effective with the approval of the family. Also, the State signaled that it will carry out a meeting with high-ranking Ministry officials, with the goal of resolving the problems brought forward by the beneficiaries. 8. That respecting that manifested by the representatives in the public hearing about the payment of logistic expenses of the measures (infra Considering 10), the State indicated that it recognizes that “it is not the responsibility of the Meléndez Quijano family to cover the costs derived from the security, hence, the State at no time justifies that it must be done in this manner.” Therefore, the State promised to take measures to settle the situation in a short time and will try to make the necessary corrections. 9. That for its part, the representatives informed, inter alia, that in the months of October and November of 2009, supposed acts of threat took place against different beneficiaries, among those: a) threats by phone calls to Ms. Gloria de Meléndez; b) threats by email to Mr. Adrián Meléndez Quijano; c) the extraction of various articles from the house of Mr. Eurípides Manuel Meléndez Quijano by two individuals that were seen by neighbors on the roof and entering the house in a violent manner; d) a seizure of Mr. Adrián Meléndez Quijano by two individuals carrying firearms, who demanded Mr. Adrián Meléndez Quijano to give them his gun, they registered him and took his identification documents, as well as verbally threatening him, and e) a man carrying a firearm, a communication radio, and headphones that observed Mr. Adrián Meléndez Quijano while picking up his wife

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