ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF MAY 31, 2011 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES CASE OF FERNÁNDEZ ORTEGA ET AL HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the then President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Inter-American Court”, the “Court” or the “Tribunal”) of April 9, 2009, by means of which the United Mexican States (hereinafter, "Mexico" or the "State”) was required to immediately adopt the measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of the following people: i) Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and certain next-of-kin; ii) Inés Fernández Ortega and certain next-of-kin; iii) 41 members of Organización del Pueblo Indígena Tlapaneco A.C. (hereinafter, also “OPIT”); iv) 29 members of Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan A.C. (hereinafter, “Tlachinollan”), and v) certain next-of-kin of Raúl Lucas Castro and Manuel Ponce Rosas. 2. The Order issued by the Tribunal on April 30, 2009, by means of which the Tribunal ratified the Order of the Court's President and required the State to maintain the measures it had implemented, as well as to adopt the complementary measures that might be necessary to protect the life and integrity of the people before mentioned. 3. The Orders of the then President of the Tribunal of December 23, 2009 and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 23, 2010, by means of which the requests for expansion of these provisional measures, as required by the representatives, were rejected. 4. The briefs presented between July 20, 2009 and May 20, 2011 and the annexes thereto, by means of which the State forwarded reports number one to twelve on compliance with the provisional measures. 5. The briefs presented between August 21, 2009 and April 25, 2011, by means of which the representatives forwarded observations to the State’s reports before mentioned, they put forward allegations on the implementation of these provisional measures, they informed on the alleged occurrence of new incidents against the beneficiaries and requested the Tribunal to call a public hearing in order to provide further elements on the "situation" of and the "level of compliance" with these provisional measures.