4. That, as established by the President of the Court in Considering N° 4 of the Order of July 17, 2000, a murder has been committed against a person who had a relationship with ASFADDES, which constitutes a specific and evident indication of the danger in which the members of said Association are, particularly those of the branch office of Barrancabermeja. 5. That, consequently, the situation described by the Commission concerning Luz Elsia Almanza, Hilda Rosario Jiménez, Ramón Rangel, Robinson Amador, Yamel López, Emely Pérez, Yolanda Salamanca, Rosa Tulia Bolaños, Rocío Campos, and Alexander Rodríguez, is of extreme gravity and urgency and qualifies under the requirements of Article 63(2) of the American Convention, which warrants that appropriate measures be taken to ensure their lives and personal integrity in order to avoid irreparable damage. 6. That Colombia has the obligation to investigate the facts that gave rise to the request for expansion of provisional measures on behalf of the persons mentioned in the preceding paragraph. NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights, and 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To request that the State of Colombia maintain the provisional measures on behalf of José Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores-Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile-Ascanio, Miriam Rosas-Ascanio, Javier Álvarez, Erik A. Arellano-Bautista, Daniel Prado, Estela de-Prado, Camilla Alejandra Prado, and Lina Prado. 2. To request that the State of Colombia maintain the provisional measures adopted on behalf of Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas and her family. 3. To ratify the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 17, 2000, and, therefore, to request that the State of Colombia maintain the measures necessary to protect the right to life and personal integrity of Luz Elsia Almanza, Hilda Rosario Jiménez, Ramón Rangel, Robinson Amador, Yamel López, Emely Pérez, Yolanda Salamanca, Rosa Tulia Bolaños, Rocío Campos, and Alexander Rodríguez. 4. To request that the State of Colombia investigate and punish those responsible for the events denounced by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that gave rise to the current measures, with the purpose of obtaining effective results that may lead to the identification of those responsible and to their punishment.