3 (a) It reiterated its “concern owing to the absence of descriptive information on the security mechanisms and assistance that had been assigned and on the safety situation of the beneficiaries in the State’s report”; and (b) It considered it opportune “to reiterate the question raised by the representatives of the beneficiaries regarding the judicial district (Cartagena) used to conduct the investigation [into the threats to Luis José Pundor and Ana Diva Quintero].” 7. The brief of November 24, 2006, in which the State presented its bi-monthly report on the provisional measures. In this report, the State indicated, inter alia: (a) The measures for protection that Sandra Belinda Montero Fuentes and her next of kin had received, according to official records prepared between August 2004 and July 2005; (b) The measures for protection that Salomón Flórez and his next of kin had received, according to “[o]fficial record 38 of March 30, 2006”; and (c) “That there was no record [concerning measures for protection] for […] José Pundor Quintero and Ana Diva Quintero de Pundor.” 8. The brief of January 22, 2007, in which the Commission submitted its observations on the State’s report of November 24, 2006 (supra, seventh having seen paragraph), indicating, inter alia, that the State had not made any reference to “measures for protection agreed or implemented during the period covered by the progress report” for Sandra Belinda Montero and Salomón Flórez. It therefore “reiterated its concern about the absence […] of detailed information on the security mechanisms and assistance that had been assigned and on the safety situation of the beneficiaries.” 9. The brief of February 5, 2007, in which the representatives requested the Inter-American Court, inter alia, to order “immediate and effective actions to guarantee the life and personal integrity of Wilmar [Rodríguez Quintero] and Yimmy Rodríguez Quintero” and, “in this regard, that [the State] should order the implementation of preventive measures that put an end to the continuing threats.” The representatives stated that Wilmar Rodríguez Quintero and Yimmy Rodríguez Quintero are brothers of Gerson Javier Rodríguez Quintero, a victim in the case of the 19 Tradesmen, and that Wilmar Rodríguez Quintero gave testimony during the public hearing on merits, reparations, and costs held at the seat of the Court. They also indicated the place of residence of the Rodríguez Quintero brothers. 10. The grounds mentioned by the representatives in their request for expansion of provisional measures (supra ninth having seen paragraph), which are summarized below: (a) “[…] on February 2, six armed men arrived at the home of Wilmar [Rodríguez Quintero] and Yimmy [Rodríguez Quintero], and introduced themselves as members of a group of the self-defense forces […]. Two of the men entered the house and demanded that Yimmy give them ten million pesos (10,000,000 pesos) and said ‘they would settle the rest later’”;

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