5 • on February 1, 2004, unknown persons attempted to assassinate Leonidas Iza, President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and his family; the attempt left one of his children gravely wounded. These events prompted the Commission to grant precautionary measures on February 26, 2004. Leonidas Iza has consistently expressed CONAIE’s opposition to the militarization of the Sarayaku indigenous territory; • on March 1, 2004, as he was getting off public transportation in Quito, Marlon Santi, President of the Sarayaku, was attacked and physically assaulted as his assailants punched and kicked him. Mr. Santi was about to travel to Washington, D.C., to a working meeting convened by the Commission. His assailants called him an Indian and made specific references to Sarayaku, the oil business and the country’s development, and warned him to abandon his opposition to the oil exploration and drilling. After hitting him, they threw him on the ground and opened his bag, stealing his passport and other identification papers; • some days after Marlon Santi was physically assaulted, police searched the Sarayaku offices in Puyo. The search was done “by order of the Ministry of Defense.” The police questioned everyone there, but no record of the interrogation was prepared; • on April 6, 2004, the Pachamama Foundation and the Amazanga Institute received a telephone call warning them of a bomb in their facilities. These organizations have consistently supported the Sarayaku community; and • with regard to the obligation to investigate the attacks upon the Sarayaku people, the petitioners reported that the January 26, 2003 attack, the violence committed against villagers on December 4 and 5, 2003, and the other acts of violence and intimidation reported have not been investigated by any State authority; q) on April 28, 2004, the petititioners reported that on April 23, 2004, José Serrano Salgado, attorney and legal representative of the Sarayaku people, was attacked and physically assaulted by three armed and hooded men, while he was on his way to a meeting with the Sarayaku leaders in Puyo. Holding a pistol to his head, his assailants threatened him and warned him to abandon his work on behalf of the Sarayaku indigenous people; r) on April 30, 2004, the Commission forwarded to the State the additional information that the petitioners had supplied, with the request that the precautionary measures be extended to include the Sarayaku people’s attorney, Mr. José Serrano-Delgado; s) on May 28, 2004, the State reported on the implementation of measures of protection in the case of the persons specifically named in