5 requested that the State improve its implementation of these security measures and facilitate access to the mechanisms already in place. 10. The representatives expressed their sentiment that the protective measures adopted to date had not proven effective, and based on the objectionable situation faced by the Rodríguez Quintero family, they requested that the Court both maintain the provisional measures in place in their favor and require the State to commit to “clear and effective actions in order to protect the [Rodríguez Quintero] brothers[, with the aim of] guaranteeing that the National Police would not continue harassing and intimidating them.” Similarly, the representatives poignantly noted that the risk the beneficiaries faced was a direct consequence of “government agents who happen to be precisely the ones in charge of their protection.” 11. The Commission emphasized the need to maintain protective measures in place and for open communication “in an environment of coordination and cooperation between the beneficiaries and the State so as to achieve a more complete implementation of the provisional measures.” 1.2 Regarding the continued existence of conditions of extreme gravity, urgency, and the need to avoid irreparable harm 12. Regarding the risks faced by the beneficiaries, the State informed that the Director of Human Rights for the Ministry of Justice and the Interior, by way of the communications of May 26 and July 31, 2009, requested that studies be undertaken to assess the security situation confronting the beneficiaries Yimmy, Wilmar, and William Rodríguez Quintero, the results of which would be delivered to the Court once available. 13. In addition, the State insisted that the Rodríguez Quintero family has acted in such a way as to put their own life and personal integrity at risk, and that the protective security measures implemented for their benefit continue to retain their effectiveness. As an example, the State signaled different occasions on which the beneficiaries had left the municipality of Ocaña without previously informing the police in charge of their protection. Others included instances in which some beneficiaries had been found intoxicated in public. One in particular concerned when Mr. Yimmy Rodríguez Quintero allegedly loaned the firearm he had been given for his own security to a third party, subjecting himself and others to imminent danger. Generally, there have been other situations as well in which the beneficiaries have not followed the recommendations of the security agents charged with implementing the protective measures. 14. For their part, the representatives indicated that on December 17, 2009, they received a letter from the Ministry of Justice and the Interior by which they were “tersely” informed that Yimmy, Wilmar, and William Rodríguez Quintero faced an “extraordinary risk,” which was to be communicated to the Committee on Regulation and Risk Assessment that oversees precautionary and provisional measures. Nonetheless, the representatives highlighted that despite the amount of time that had elapsed, they had not received the results of any risk assessment nor had they been invited to any meeting or otherwise made aware of what measures were to be taken as a result of any findings therein. 15. The representatives indicated that tensions between the beneficiaries and the government agents in charge of providing for their security not only existed but continued as a result of “accusations and [the accompanying] stigmatization made by some officers.” The representatives stated that Mr.