and sufficient protection implemented as a result of these assessments.9 Furthermore, the State was ordered to provide immediate and effective security measures for each beneficiary of the measures, either by a permanent escort and guard, and also of the homes of Maritza Barrios and Orismar Carolina Alzul García, and to reach agreement on more comprehensive provisional measures in the context of the dialogue between the beneficiaries and the State, including the necessary measures to provide effective protection to them during their displacements and movements within and outside the area where they live.10 6. In the last Order, the Court asked the State to present a report on compliance with the orders previously mentioned by April 13, 2013. The State did not present the report on the said date and requested two extensions in order to present it (supra third having seen paragraph). Nevertheless, at the time of the public hearing on May 29, 2013, the State had not presented the information required in the last Order. 7. On May 19 and 21, 2013, the Commission and the representatives, respectively, informed the Court of the murder of Roni David Barrios Alzul, beneficiary of these measures, on May 15, 2013, in the circumstances described below. Owing to this fact, and taking into account the need to receive more detailed information on other aspects of the implementation of these provisional measures, in this Order, the Court will only examine the information received before and during the public hearing on the death of the beneficiary Roni David Barrios Alzul. The other aspects relating to the implementation of the provisional measures will be evaluated by the Court on another occasion, once the Court has received the information requested from the State and the representatives during the abovementioned public hearing. Regarding the facts relating to the death of Roni Barrios Alzul 8. The Inter-American Commission informed the Court that, on May 15 this year, “Ron[i] David Barrios Alzul, beneficiary of the present provisional measures, had been murdered […] as a result of numerous injuries from a sharp instrument, in Guanayén, Aragua state.” It underscored that Roni Barrios Alzul was “the tenth member of the Barrios family to be murdered.” The Commission expressed its “profound concern with regard to this fact and reiterate[d] what it had indicated on numerous occasions concerning the State’s failure to comply with the provisional measures.” In addition, it emphasized that “the State had not adopted any measure to protect him.” It stressed that the State had “not even planned to conduct a risk assessment of each person or family group.” It also emphasized that, as a result of this and the absence of a protection strategy, “the only measure established by the State has been the visit to the homes of the family groups by the National Guard,” whereas “the death of eight beneficiaries of measures of protection of the Commission and of the Court reveals that this measures is neither sufficient or effective.” 9. The representatives indicated that, on Wednesday, May 15, Roni Barrios Alzul, 17 years of age, was “at the home of his mother, Orismar Carolina Alzul García, in the Las Casitas sector of the village of Guanayén, until 6 p.m. Then, […] he went to sleep at the home of his aunt, Eloisa Barrios, located in the same sector,” which was uninhabited. The following day, “at 6 a.m., his brother Roniel, who is 12 years old, was walking towards a 9 Cf. Case of the Barrios Family. Provisional measures with regard to Venezuela. Order of the Court of February 13, 2013, fifty-fourth considering paragraph. 10 Cf. Case of the Barrios Family. Provisional measures with regard to Venezuela. Order of the Court of February 13, 2013, fifty-third considering paragraph. 4

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