3 FACI/SOT/50/272/02-03 of the preliminary inquiry.” They argued that the State “has repeatedly eluded to provide a direct and specific answer to the petition made by Ms. Zamora, so as to know the reasons why it was decided to shelve the file” and they considered it “essential” to “inform the reasons for the shelving of the preliminary inquiry where the facts which originated these provisional measures were being investigated.” With regard to the family Ochoa y Plácido, the representatives also pointed out that the State “continues failing to inform on the progress of the investigations relating to the threats suffered by Digna Ochoa y Plácido and her murder.” They came to the conclusion that as long as those facts are not clarified, the risk against the life and integrity of the family Ochoa y Plácido continues to exist. 6. The briefs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, "the Commission" or the "Inter-American Commission") presented between April 13, 2006, and January 31, 2008, by means of which it forwarded its remarks to the information provided by the State regarding the protection measures and the investigations. In its brief of October 16, 2007, the Inter-American Commission took note “with satisfaction of the elements which evidence the implementation of different protection measures” and it expressed “the need to have information on the investigations regarding the threats received by Pilar Noriega, Bárbara Zamora, Leonel Rivero and his family, and the family of Digna Ochoa, investigations which must operate as a measure to prevent the repetition of risk facts.” On that matter, the Inter-American Commission repeated that considering that the facts which gave rise to the provisional measures have not been clarified, and that the responsible parties have not been identified, it can not be concluded that the risk against the life and the integrity of the beneficiaries has been eradicated. Finally, in a brief dated January 31, 2008, the Inter-American Commission presented its remarks on the protection and investigation measures informed by the State and it made no reference to recent facts of threats against the life or physical integrity of the beneficiaries. 7. The public hearing on provisional measures held at the seat of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights on February 5, 2008.1 CONSIDERING: 1. That Mexico is a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Convention") since March 24, 1981, and that, pursuant to Article 62 1 Present at this hearing: a) for the Inter-American Commission: Florentín Meléndez, delegate, and Mario López-Garelli and Lilly Ching Soto, advisors; b) for the Mexican State: Armando Vivanco-Castellanos, Deputy General Director of the General Direction of Human Rights of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs; José Ignacio Martín del Campo, Director of International Litigation of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs; Rodrigo Espeleta-Alandro, Deputy General Director of the Unit for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights of the Government Secretariat; Fernando Coronado-Franco, Deputy Legal and Human Rights Prosecutor of the Attorney General of the Federal District, and Ana Luisa Ramírez-Hernández, General Director of Human Rights of the Attorney General of the Mexican State; and c) on behalf of the beneficiaries representatives: Vanessa Coria, Luis Diego Obando and Soraya Long, of the Center for Justice and International Law (Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional – CEJIL-) and Leonel Rivero-Rodríguez.