2 Herrera. One of the shots hit the front windshield, but no one was injured. Later, Mr. Iglesias Herrera was able to flee. Lastly, according to the representatives, Mr. Ricardo Alberto Iglesias Herrera filed a complaint at police headquarters in the city of Santa Tecla, and the facts described were brought to the attention of the Office of the Public Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights of El Salvador. 4. The representatives pointed out that the characteristics of the attack “demonstrate the operating capacity in its execution” coincides with the nature of other intimidating facts, threats, and pursuits used against the members of the García Prieto family, and which led the Court to adopt provisional measures in their favor. Given the foregoing, the representatives requested the Court to assess the above situation and to urge the State to guarantee the safety of persons offered as witnesses and expert witnesses in the present case, so as to enable them to participate in this proceeding and, in particular, to guarantee the appearance of the persons summoned to participate in the corresponding public hearing. 5. The Order of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) dated December 3, 2006, in which it was decided: 1. To require the State to adopt, without delay, the measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Mr. Ricardo Alberto Iglesias Herrera. 2. To require the State to make all pertinent arrangements so that the protective measures called for in the present Order are planned and implemented with the participation of the beneficiaries of the Order, or their representatives, to ensure that these measures are provided in a diligent and effective manner and, in general, to keep them informed of the progress of its implementation. 3. To require the State to investigate the facts that motivated the adoption of these urgent measures, identify the responsible parties, and, if need be, impose on them the corresponding sanctions. 4. To require the State to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on December 18, 2006 regarding the measures it adopted to comply with the present Order. 5. After the report indicated in the operative paragraph four, to request the State to continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human Rights every two months regarding the urgent measures adopted, along with the reports on the provisional measures ordered in favor of Gloria Giralt de García Prieto et al. 6. To request the beneficiaries of these measures, or their representatives, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights observations they consider pertinent on the reports of the State, together with their observations on the provisional measures ordered in favor of Gloria Giralt de García Prieto et al. For the submission of these observations, the beneficiaries of these measures or their representatives, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, have a period of four weeks and six weeks, respectively, as of the date of notification of the State reports. 6. The Order of the President of December 14, 2006, which decided, wherever pertinent: 1. To require, in the exercise of the authority vested in him under Article 47.3 of the Rules of Procedure, that the witnesses José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann, Gloria María de los Ángeles García Prieto, Ile del Carmen García Prieto, Lourdes García Prieto de Patuzzo, Alina

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