Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of May 26, 2010 Provisional Measures Regarding the United States of Mexico Matter of Alvarado Reyes Et al. HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) of May 13, 2010, and its annexes, through which it filed before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court”, “the Court”, or “the Tribunal”) a request for provisional measures, pursuant with Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), with the purpose of achieving that the United States of Mexico (hereinafter “the State” or “Mexico”) protect the life and right to humane treatment of Rocío Irene Alvarado Reyes, Nitza Paola Alvarado Espinoza, and José Ángel Alvarado Herrera (hereinafter “Rocío”, “Nitza”, and “José”). 2. The alleged facts on which the request for provisional measures filed by the Commission was based, namely: a) on December 29, 2009, Rocío, Nitza, and José would have been detained without an arrest warrant by members of the Mexican army in the cooperative community of Benito Juárez, located in the Municipality of Buenaventura, State of Chihuahua, their whereabouts are unknown since that date and they have not yet been taken before a competent authority. At approximately 8:00 p.m. ten officers in uniforms and armed got out of two vehicles in front of the home of relatives of Jose’s wife and forcefully, took José and his cousin Nitza out of the van in which they were at that time and put them in the mentioned vehicles and left. Hours later, officers and the police came back and took the van. On that same day, officers violently went into the home of Rocío’s mother and arrested Rocío;