5. The Commission's brief of August 30, 1996, in which “it concurs in the request of the Illustrious Government of Guatemala for an extension of the provisional measures ordered.” CONSIDERING: 1. That the period covered by the extension of the provisional measures, established in paragraph 2 of the Order of February 1, expired on August 1, 1996. 2. That pursuant to the Order of the Inter-American Court of May 18, 1995, Guatemala has punctually and regularly submitted eight reports on the status of the provisional measures in the instant case. 3. That the Commission, for its part, has regularly submitted its comments on the Government's brief and has also reported on the status of the provisional measures ordered. 4. That, by Order of December 1, 1994, the Court decided to call upon the Government of Guatemala to use “all the means at its disposal to enforce the arrest warrant issued against the 13 patrol members charged as suspects in the case before the Second Trial Court of Huehuetenango involving the criminal acts which took place on August 3, 1993, in Colotenango.” 5. That, according to the latest brief from the Inter-American Commission, on April 25 last the First Trial Court of Huehuetenango acquitted the nine patrolmen detained in connection with the Colotenango case, an event which the Commission claims “increases the risk to the inhabitants and their fear of further reprisals.” 6. That in the brief presented on August 21, 1996 the Government requests that the Court extend for a period of six months the provisional measures ordered in this case “for the purpose of providing a framework of security and tranquillity for the... process for a friendly settlement” initiated through the good offices of the Inter-American Commission. 7. That the Commission acceded to the Government's request for the extension of the provisional measures ordered by the Court. NOW, THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights, DECIDES: 1. To take note of the measures adopted by the Government of the Republic of Guatemala, pursuant to the Order of February 1, 1996. 2. To maintain for six months as of this day the provisional measures in force in the instant case. Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic, at the seat of the Court in San José, Costa Rica on this tenth day of September, 1996.