2 e) f) g) h) i) General Gallardo’s right to life is threatened by his “de facto detention”; The continued de facto detention of General José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez did not permit safeguarding his life and physical well-being, or that of the members of his family. In these conditions, the liberation of General Gallardo is a sine qua non condition to avoid the occurrence of the irreparable damage that threatens them; The “de facto imprisonment” of General Gallardo entails irreparable damage for his wife, Leticia Enríquez, and his children, Marco Vinicio, Francisco José, Alejandro and Jessica Gallardo Enríquez; The United Mexican States (hereinafter “the State” or “Mexico”) should adopt measures to protect the life and safety of General Gallardo and the members of his family, and, following his liberation, these measures should be applied immediately; and The “de facto detention” of General Gallardo also generated irreparable damage to his freedom of expression in relation to his life. Indeed, the General’s “de facto imprisonment” prevented him from fully expounding his version of the campaign of harassment to which he has been subjected and freely expressing his opinions about the acts which he considers constitute an abuse of authority within the Mexican army. 2. The order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the President”) of December 20, 2001, issued after having consulted all the judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”), in which he considered it “necessary to hear at a public hearing the arguments [of the State] and of the Commission with regard to the […] request, and also the statements of the witnesses and the reports of the expert witnesses; and decided: 1. To call on the State to adopt forthwith all necessary measures to protect the life and safety of General José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez. 2. To call on the State to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by January 14, 2002, at the latest, about the measures it has adopted to comply with the […] order. 3. To call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit any pertinent comments to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within 10 days of receiving notification of the State’s report. 4. To summon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Mexican States to a public hearing at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on February 18, 2002, at 3 p.m., so that the Court [may] hear their points of view on the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the request for provisional measures. 3. The order of the President of the Court of January 23, 2002, in which he decided: 1. To summon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Mexican States to a public hearing to be held at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on February 19, 2002, at 10 a.m., so that the Court may hear their arguments on the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the request for provisional measures, and to receive the statements of the witnesses and the reports of the expert witnesses who had been proposed. […]