measures. Finally, it requested information to assess the request regarding the
members of the organization ENLACE and the Center Fray Bartolomé de las Casas.
4.
Events that are alleged to have occurred after the granting of precautionary
measures, namely:
a)
on November 24, 2010, Margarita Martínez Martínez was intimidated by two
strangers who approached her and asked her to accompany them. Then they handed
her a note that said, “Diego [referring to the Director of the Center Fray Bartolomé
de las Casas] in your hands is the life of this family / you will face charges [...].” As
was reported, these persons accompanied Mrs. Martínez Martínez for another a
couple of blocks, told her to take a taxi and to ask to be taken to the cemetery so
that she could “speak to [the] dead, because she [would be seeing] them soon.” The
bodyguard assigned to Mrs. Margarita Martínez Martínez in the context of the
precautionary measures was not with her;
b)
on December 13, 2010, the representatives called on the Commission to
submit a request for provisional measures on behalf of the petitioners and their
representatives, members of the Center Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, in relation to
the events that occurred on November 24, 2010. They also provided information on
a series of threats, stalking, and harassment against members of the Center Fray
Bartolomé de las Casas;
c)
on December 15, 2010, the Commission decided to extend the precautionary
measures in favor of all the members of the Center Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and
requested that the State strengthen the measures in favor of Margarita Martínez
Martínez and her family;
d)
according to information submitted by the Commission, the State responded
by indicating that Mrs. Margarita Martínez Martínez and members of the Centro Fray
Bartolomé de las Casas had not made a statement about the alleged events that
occurred on November 24, 2010, and the other threats. Consequently, the State
indicated that in order to complete the investigation into the allegations, it had
proposed a number of measures aimed at allowing Mrs. Martínez Martínez to render
a statement. Regarding the protection arrangements, it pointed out that eight police
officers had been reassigned to her, that the necessary steps had been taken to
provide the three vehicles requested by the petitioners and that video cameras had
been installed on the premises of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and at the home of
Mrs. Martínez Martínez. The State added that it would be providing an amount of
pesos per month to the petitioner for the incidents that took place in November
2009, among others;
e)
in February and March 2011, the petitioners reported that strangers had
apparently been following the Martínez family;
f)
in March 2011, the petitioners presented a second request to the Commission
calling for the matter to be submitted to the jurisdiction of the Court, due to fears of
future threats, the delay in the investigation of the events of November 2010, and a
note from the Federal Police on March 10, 2011, informing that "at the moment, they
were materially unable to [provide] accompaniment by bodyguards”;
g)
on August 19, 2011, strangers were seen aboard a truck outside the school
where Ada Saraí Martínez Martínez studies. Days later, the authorities at her school
reported that the school premises were being patrolled by unidentified persons,
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