situation of serious and urgent danger as a consequence of the coup d’état were protected through the broadening of the those precautionary measures; c) On July 21, 2009, the Commission received information regarding threats and harassment suffered by various persons, including Mr. Luís Galdámez Álvarez. In that regard, Mr. Galdámez's representatives indicated that he is a journalist and director of the Radio Globo program “After the truth” (“Tras la verdad”), and that he had expressed support for President Zelaya and was against the coup d’état in Honduras. They also indicated that Mr. Galdámez was subjected to intimidation, surveillance at his home, and threats with firearms to get him to withdraw his political views. Based on these facts, the Commission decided to broaden precautionary measures 196/09 on July 24, 2009, to the benefit of a number of people and requested the adoption of the measures necessary to ensure the life and personal integrity of José Luís Galdámez Álvarez; d) After an in loco visit to Honduras carried out from May 15 to 28, 2010, the Commission indicated in its preliminary comments that “the State’s efforts to implement the precautionary measures have been scarce, delayed, inadequate, and in some cases, null;” e) On September 9, 2010, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs submitted information indicating that Mr. Galdámez and his representatives had reached a consensus on the measures of protection. Nevertheless, on September 17, the Commission received information that alleged the lack of effective fulfillment of the precautionary measures ordered; f) On October 21, 2010, the representatives submitted information regarding the alleged persistence of acts of harassment, persecution, and threats against Mr. Galdámez Álvarez and his family; the lack of implementation of precautionary and other measures to prevent the repetition of the events that led to the ordering of precautionary measures; and the need to request provisional measures to the benefit of the journalist, his partner, and his children. In particular, the Commission was informed of the following facts: i. In July 2009, Mr. Galdámez visited former president Zelaya Rosales during his stay in Nicaragua and did a series of reports for Radio Globo. Mr. Galdámez returned to Honduras during the second week of August 2009 and as of the 19th of that month started to receive text messages on his cellular phone containing death threats;1 ii. At the beginning of September 2009, around noon, two unknown persons driving a green car parked near Mr. Galdámez’s house, approached José Luís and Marlon Galdámez with a gun, threatened them, and told them to tell their father that he better shut up. The two young men ran from the place and then watched the men as they fled 1 According to the representatives of the proposed beneficiaries, the threats received contained messages such as the following: “We are going to kill you dog, you are going to end up with yellow feet in a ditch, we are going to cut off your tongue so you don’t talk such shit, now it’s your turn you piece of garbage, you're going to see what's good for you, we are watching you, we know where you live, where your children go to school and at any moment you will receive a surprise that will leave you cold and stinking. We're going to cut you to pieces you dog [sic].” 2