3 ratified the contents of the information submitted in their request to broaden provisional measures (supra Having Seen Clauses Nº 8 and 9.) 12. The briefs of April1, 2, 3, 8 and 9, 2007 and their annexes, by means of which the representatives of the beneficiaries of the said measures submitted press articles regarding the alleged situation in the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-) and submitted a copy of a “court order issued by a criminal sentence execution judge allowing the writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioners [...] so that such order may be taken into consideration at the moment of making a decision as regards the request to broaden provisional measures.” 13. The brief of April 10, 2007, by means of which the Commission submitted its objections to the abovementioned request, in which brief, it considered, inter alia, that “the request to broaden the provisional measures is appropriate” and requested the Court to order the State to adopt certain measures (infra Considering Clause Nº 8.) 14. The brief of April 18, 2007, received with annexes on April 20, 2007, by means of which the State submitted a report “regarding the request to broaden provisional measures” (infra Considering Clauses Nº 7 and 9.) 15. The brief of April 19, 2007, by means of which the representatives reiterated the request for the Court to “broaden the provisional measures so as to extend them to the Cacheuta Penitentiary.” 16. The brief of May 15, 2007, and the annexes thereto, by means of which, the Stated submitted a copy of two notes addressed to the President of the Court and the President of the Inter-American Commission, respectively. In such notes, the State, “taking into consideration that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has decided to endorse the request to broaden [provisional measures],” inter alia, reiterated the invitation made to the President [of the Commission....] so that he may personally visit [the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-)] to verify in situ the characteristics of such prison facility as well as the conditions in which the inmates lived; the State further requested the Court to “postpone any decisions regarding such measures until the Commission can make such a visit.” 17. The note of the Clerk dated April 30, 2007, by means of which, following the instructions of the President of the Court, he requested the State to submit -in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the request to broaden provisional measures- no later than May 4, 2007, updated information regarding the measures adopted for the benefit of the inmates residing in the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-), pursuant to the order issued by the Criminal Sentence Execution Judge on March 23, 2007 and the Memoranda 001/07, 002/07 and 003/07 prepared by the Director of the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-), to which the State makes reference in the brief dated April 13, 2007, as well as information regarding any other measures adopted with respect to the situation existing in this penitentiary center. 18. The brief of May 16, 2007, by means of which the State submitted the above requested report (supra Having Seen Clause Nº 17.) In that respect, it expressed, inter alia, that “all the provisions mentioned in the report dated April 18, 2007” have been respected and in general, it reiterated the statements made in such report (supra Having Seen Clause Nº 14 and Considering Clause Nº 9.)

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