7 30. On July 5, 2006, the Inter-American Court granted provisional measures to protect the life and personal integrity of Mrs. Mery Naranjo and her family,6 María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño, and Luisa María Escudero Jiménez. In its order, the Court required the State to ensure that the measures of protection were not provided by the “security units” which, according to the beneficiaries, had been involved in the events reported; it required the State to provide the permanent protection measures necessary to ensure security for the residence of Mery Naranjo Jiménez and her family; it also required the State to adopt the necessary measures to enable María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño to return to her home, as she had been forced to move elsewhere, was displaced and prevented from returning because of the danger she faced; it required the State to investigate the facts that prompted the adoption of these provisional measures and, if applicable, identify those responsible and impose the corresponding sanctions; it also required the State to take the necessary steps to ensure that the measures of protection decided in the Court’s order were planned and implemented with the participation of their beneficiaries. The Court reiterated these terms in its order of September 22, 2006. 31. On January 31, 2008, the Court issued a third order in which it expressed its concern over the murder of Javier Augusto Torres Durán, son-in-law of Mrs. Mery Naranjo and a beneficiary of the Court-ordered provisional measures; the murder took place in the Las Independencias II neighborhood of Comuna 13 on December 2, 2007. The Court then called for the same provisional measures in its order of November 25, 2010, in which it expressed its regret at the murder of Mrs. Mery Naranjo’s grandson - Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez.7 The police allegedly discovered his body on October 4, 2010, on the outskirts of Medellín’s Comuna 13, with a gunshot wound to the head. He was 16 years old at the time and was a beneficiary of the very same provisional measures. The Court observed that “the murder of another beneficiary is an exceedingly grave fact denoting the ineffectiveness of the measures adopted to eradicate the sources of risk and adequately protect the beneficiaries. Also, in this particular matter, it evidences the lack of effective communication between the beneficiaries and the State with regard to the implementation of these provisional measures.”8 32. The State in the process before the Court9 has presented information related to a group of measures it has implemented to protect the safety of Mery Naranjo and her family members,10 and of 6 The Court identified the following persons as Mrs. Naranjo’s next of kin and beneficiaries of the provisional measures: Juan David Naranjo Jiménez, Alejandro Naranjo Jiménez, Sandra Janeth Naranjo Jiménez, Alba Mery Naranjo Jiménez, Erika Johann Gómez, Javier Augusto Torres Durán, Heidi Tatiana Naranjo Gómez, Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez, María Camila Naranjo Jiménez, Aura María Amaya Naranjo, and Esteban Torres Naranjo. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of Mery Naranjo et al.– Comuna 13, regarding Colombia, July 5, 2006. 7 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of Mery Naranjo et al.– Comuna 13, regarding Colombia, November 25, 2010, paragraph 53. 8 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of Mery Naranjo et al.– Comuna 13, regarding Colombia, November 25, 2010, paragraph 53. 9 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of Mery Naranjo et al.– Comuna 13, regarding Colombia, November 25, 2010. 10 These measures have included: 1) the custody of the residence where Mery Naranjo and her family members live by the police 24 hours per day; 2) the association of Mery Naranjo to the “Plan Padrino” of the National Police, by means of which she and her family members may contact an agent of her trust in the city of Medellín when there are loopholes in the implementation of measures; 3) the possibility of the beneficiaries to request to the national police to undertake surveillance when they need the same; 4) the assignment of two means of communication radios “Avantel”; 5) support for land transportation; and 6) support of temporal relocation for Mery Naranjo when she needs the same to exit Comuna 13; among other measures.