2 but also part of a profit-seeking criminal organization within the State police force;”1 c. that “the Commission t[ook] cognizance of the fact that said organizations continue to act in seven States (including Falcón State) and threaten the next of kin of victims and witnesses, who are absolutely defenseless;” d. that on “October 18, 2002 the Inter-American Commission […] asked the [Venezuelan State] to adopt precautionary measures in favor of Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez, with the aim of protecting his life and his right to humane treatment (Art. 4 and 5 of the American Convention).” Therefore, it requested that the State: 1. Provide the protection required by Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez, to safeguard his life and his right to humane treatment, pursuant to Article 4 and 5 of the American Convention [on] Human Rights. 2. Conduct an extensive investigation of the acts of intimidation suffered and threats received by Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez[;] e. that said precautionary measures (supra 2.d) were granted due to acts of harassment and threats suffered by Mr. Uzcátegui Jiménez.2 Also, these “explicit death threats, together with the public accusations made by Luis Enrique Uzcátegui against the Police authorities of the State of Falcón, and the acts of harassment (sic) that he has suffered, created the fear that there was a real and imminent danger to his life and physical safety,” and f. that on November 25, 2002 “CEJIL and the Comité de Familiares de Víctimas de los Sucesos de Febrero-Marzo de 1989 asked the Commission to, in turn, agree to request that the [...] Inter-American Court of Human Rights grant Provisional Measures in favor of Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez with the aim of protecting his rights to life and to humane treatment.” 3. The additional statement by the Commission, in its request for Provisional Measures, that despite granting of precautionary measures by the Commission in October, 2002, the threats and acts of harassment, lack of protection by the State to safeguard the life and personal safety of Luis Enrique Uzcátegui and lack of investigation of the acts of intimidation have continued: 1 The Inter-American Commission stated that in the press release regarding its in loco visit to the State of Venezuela, it referred to the extermination groups, and it stated that: […] lack of due diligence by the authorities responsible for investigating, prosecuting and punishing the members of the so-called “extermination groups” is a fundamental factor that allows them to act. 2 In its request, the Inter-American Commission mentioned various facts, among which the following stand out: 1) “Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez […] is the brother of Néstor José Uzcátegui Jiménez, who [was] murdered at his home in [the] [...] State of Falcón on January 1, 2001 by more than forty [...] officials of the local Police corps, the Armed Police Forces of the State of Falcón, a fact that was reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office [...];” 2) Mr. Uzcátegui “has devoted himself to investigating insofar as possible for him the circumstances of the death of his brother [and] has denounced the facts in the local press and has publicly pointed at the highest authorities of the State of Falcón [...] as those responsible for systematic execution of persons allegedly involved in criminal conduct;” 3) Mr. Uzcátegui “has organized a committee of next of kin of victims of alleged executions committed by the Police authorities and for protection of Human Rights” and 4) Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez has suffered systematic and constant acts of intimidation and threats against his life and physical safety.”