2 Court the following observations made by the beneficiaries of the provisional measures: [F]ollowing publication of information provided by the United States National Security Archives implicating senior state officials in the newspaper El Gráfico, owned by the Carpios, Marta [Arrivillaga de Carpio] received three telephone calls at her home intimidating her and/or threatening her life. In the first call, a woman’s voice shouted insults. Half an hour later, a man’s voice warned her that she would be very careful because she might die. In the third call, a woman’s voice warned her that she should no attempt to associate the case of Jorge Carpio Nicolle with that of General Enríquez. Moreover, with regard to Karen Fischer de Carpio, it was reported that she continues with her public activism, repeatedly denouncing the impunity surrounding the Carpio case. On July 8, 1999, El Periódico published an article she had written entitled “On the Sixth Anniversary of the Assassination of Jorge Carpio”, in which she alluded to the masterminds and perpetrators of this assassination, the silence surrounding the case, the negligence in the administration of justice and her permanent fight to discover the truth about the events. 5. The above-mentioned observations of the Inter-American Commission in which the Commission states that “it considers that the provisional measures should continue and that it is important that the orders of [this] Court are fully complied with, particularly by taking concrete and effective measures to investigate the threats that the petitioners have mentioned”. CONSIDERING: 1. That, as an essential element of its obligation to provide protection, the State should take all necessary steps to settle the present and future situation of Marta A. de Carpio and Karen Fischer de Carpio, in compliance with its obligation to effectively ensure the protection of their lives and personal integrity. 2. That the closure of case No. 1011-97 and interruption of the investigations the treats and acts of intimidation that caused these measures to be adopted, as well as the failure to forward the corresponding information, which had been duly requested by the Court, constitute an omission of the State obligation that had already been established by this Court. 3. That the information provided by the Inter-American Commission allows is to infer that the situation of insecurity of the persons protected by these provisional measures continues at this time. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in accordance with Article 63.2 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure DECIDES: 1. To maintain the provisional measures adopted by the Court on