-2provisional measures in the case of 19 Tradesmen for the purpose of having the State adopt such measures as may be necessary in order to protect the rights to life and humane treatment of Mr. Salomón Flórez and his next of kin, “particularly the transportation of [his wife,] Nubia Stella Sepúlveda,” as well as of Mr. Luis José Pundor-Quintero and his next of kin and Ana Diva Quintero-Quintero de Pundor and her next of kin. The representatives stated that Mr. Salomón Flórez is the brother of Antonio Flórez, a victim in the Case of 19 Tradesmen, he testified at the public hearing on the merits and possible reparations and costs held at the seat of the Court, and he is a beneficiary of the reparations ordered by the Tribunal. The representatives further stated that the “nuclear family of Salomón Flórez [is] made up of his wife […] and a minor child, Danilo Flórez.” Moreover, they noted that Mr. Luis José Pundor-Quintero is a beneficiary of the reparations and that his nuclear family “consists of his wife, five minor children and one daughter and her commonlaw spouse,” and that the nuclear family of Ana Diva Quintero-Pundor consists of “her husband and a step-son.” 4. The arguments raised by the representatives in their request for provisional measures (supra Having Seen clause No. 3), which are summarized below: a) Mr. Salomón Flórez took action before the Colombian authorities and the Inter-American Court by filing a complaint for what had happened to his brother Antonio Flórez and claiming reparations. He took part in “a commission which, a few days after the disappearance of the tradesmen, set out in search of their loved ones” and testified before the Court. In his testimony, “he provided an account of the facts” and “the events in connection with the Colombian authorities.” Furthermore, he “took part in [several] actions […] in search of the disappeared.” Fifteen days after the media reported on the “amount of the compensation set for the victims’ next of kin, Salomón was […] contacted by two men who […] let him know that: ‘it was already a fact that the family had to decide how much money they were getting out of such compensation.’” Fifteen days later, “men carrying submachine guns told Salomón that ‘the family needed to pay a couple of million.” Since February 2006, the State, “through some of its authorities, has been making partial payment of the compensation amount ordered by the Court[. I]ndividuals who are apparently members of paramilitary groups have insisted on pressur[ing] Mr. Salomón Flórez, thus forcing him to leave his place of residence.” On March 29, 2006, the representatives reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, and the Protection Program “the events affecting the family of Mr. Salomón Flórez and request[ed] the adoption of the necessary measures of protection.” The State “has, so far, dealt with the issue of the air tickets but has not yet rendered a decision regarding the situation of Nubia Stella[,] who has thus been forced to remain in the risk area, on pain of losing her job;” b) Mr. Luis José Pundor-Quintero decided “to leave his usual place of residence along with his family[,] to protect his life and physical integrity [… and] those of his family,” since, on April 5, 2006, “a friend told him […] she had seen two ‘ill-intending’ men asking questions about him and advised him to be careful.” Mr. Pundor-Quintero went to the house of his mother, Ana Diva Quintero-Quintero de Pundor, who lives with “her husband and a step-son.” A few days later his mother “received a phone call from San Pablo, from Luis José’s lady friend, who said that the men that were looking for him were apparently members of the guerrilla and ‘were after his money, so you should