is a journalist and the director of the Radio Globo program “Tras la Verdad” and that he had come out in favor of President Zelaya and against the coup d’état in Honduras. Likewise, they indicated that Mr. Galdámez was being subjected to intimidation, surveillance in his home, and threats with firearms to get him to back away from his political stance. Based on these facts, on July 24, 2009, the Commission decided to broaden precautionary measures 196/09 to benefit various individuals and requested that the necessary measures be taken to ensure the life and personal integrity of José Luis Galdámez Álvarez; d) Following an in loco visit to Honduras carried out on May 15-18, 2010, the Commission indicated in its preliminary comments that "the efforts made by the State to implement the precautionary measures have been minimal, late, deficient, and in some cases absent;” e) On September 9, 2010, the Secretariat for External Relations submitted information indicating that protective measures had been agreed on for Mr. Galdámez and his representatives. However, on September 17, the Commission received information alleging a lack of effective compliance with the precautionary measures ordered; f) On October 21, 2010, the representatives reported on the alleged persistence of acts of harassment, persecution, and threats against Mr. Galdámez Álvarez and his immediate family; the lack of implementation of precautionary and other measures toward preventing the repetition of the facts that led to the granting of measures; and the need to request provisional measures to the benefit of the journalist, his companion, and children. In particular, the representatives submitted the following facts before the Commission: i. In July 2009, Mr. Galdámez visited Ex-President Zelaya Rosales during his stay in Nicaragua and since then has done a series of reports for Radio Globo. Mr. Galdámez returned to Honduras during the second week of August 2009 and starting on the 19th of that month began to receive text messages on his cellular phone containing a series of death threats;1 ii. At the beginning of the month of September 2009, close to midday, two unknown individuals driving a green tourism car that was parked near Mr. Galdámez’ house approached José Luis and Marlon Galdámez, Mr. Galdámez Álvarez’ children, and threatened them with a gun, telling them to tell their father that he had better shut up. They ran from the place and saw the men flee in the car described above. A complaint was filed regarding these incidents with the Tegucigalpa Office of the Public Prosecutor for Human Rights; On September 21, 2009, Mr. Galdámez Álvarez entered the Brazilian Embassy to cover the arrival of Ex-President Zelaya and “ended up trapped in the embassy building[, ...where] he devoted himself to broadcasting for Radios Globo [sic] and other media outlets.” During that iii. 1 As stated by the representatives of the possible beneficiaries, the threats received contained messages such as the following: “ We are going to kill you, you dog, we are going to leave you with your limbs yellowing in a ditch, we are going to cut out your tongue so you don't talk so much shit, we're watching you, we already know where you live, where your children go to school, and we could give you a surprise at any time, man, that’s going to leave you stinking and forgotten. We are going to cut you into pieces, dog [sic].”