d)
on November 23, 2009, a complaint was filed before the authorities,
denouncing abuse of authority, raiding of premises, psychological torture and serious
death threats. In addition, the victims sought the protection of the authorities,
without receiving a response;
e)
on November 25, 2009, the victims received a paper note from a neighbor
with a message “invit[ing] [them] to be careful because the night before [five]
individuals had been watching the house";
f)
on December 14, 2009, they received another note stating “do not continue,
you will die”;
g)
on December 25, 2009, they received a telephone call at dawn in which they
were told, “merry Christmas, because it will be your last Christmas”;
h)
on January 6, 2010, they received an anonymous note that said “death,
death, death”;
i)
on January 19, 2010, they received another note warning “you have one
week to leave the country, if you don’t do it your children dead [sic]”;
j)
according to the information provided, Margarita Martínez Martínez and Adolfo
Guzmán Ordaz’s family were forced to move to another city due to security concerns,
and
k)
on February 25, 2010, when Mrs. Margarita Martínez Martínez was on her way
to pick up her youngest child from school, according to the Commission, she was
kidnapped, tortured, raped, and threatened with death by strangers, who warned her
to drop the complaint filed regarding the events that took place on November 8,
2009. Moreover, according to the information provided by the Commission, the
kidnappers stated that the assault was a “little gift from the [M]unicipal [Pr]esident
of [the locality of] Comitán.” This event took place two days before the date set for
the presentation of expert evidence to reconstruct the events relating to the
complaint filed on November 23, 2009.
3.
The request for precautionary measures and the petition before the Inter-American
Commission:
a)
on February 25, 2010, the Center Fray Bartolomé de las Casas of the state of
Chiapas, Mexico, filed a request for precautionary measures in favor of Margarita
Martínez Martínez, her partner Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz and her two children, Ada Saraí
Martínez Martínez and Eduardo Abel León Martínez (hereinafter “the petitioners” or
“possible beneficiaries”). In addition, they requested protection for members of the
organization ENLACE and of the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Center for Human
Rights;
b)
on March 3, 2010, the Commission ordered precautionary measures in favor
of Margarita Martínez Martínez, Adolfo Guzmán Ordaz, Ada Saraí Martínez Martínez
and Eduardo Abel León Martínez. The Commission requested that the State adopt the
necessary measures to guarantee their lives and personal integrity, that the
implementation of such measures be agreed with the petitioners, and that it provide
information concerning the investigations of the events that gave rise to the
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