6 30. The Secretariat’s June 23, 2004 note where, following the President’s instructions, it requested that the State submit, by no later than June 29, 2004, detailed information on the alleged attempt made against Mrs. Karen Fischer’s safety and the status of her security at the time, and on the measures that the State had taken to investigate the alleged threats made against her. 31. The State’s failure to respond to the Secretariat’s June 23, 2004 note. 32. The testimony given by Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga the public hearing held at the seat of the Court, where feared for her own safety and for the safety of her Carpio Arrivillaga, because of her testimony before the de Carpio on July 5, 2004, at she stated, inter alia, that she two sons, Jorge and Rodrigo Court. 33. The testimony given by Mrs. Karen Fischer at the public hearing held at the seat of the Court on July 5, 2004, wherein she confirmed, inter alia, the threats she had received throughout the domestic proceedings in the Carpio case. She also testified that she had to send her children abroad, as she feared for their security and physical safety. She stated that her children were currently living outside Guatemala. She also pointed out that the June 19, 2004 attempt, which had left one member of her security detail seriously injured, was related to the testimony she was to give before this Court. Mrs. Fischer stated further that because the State had not supplied the members of her security detail with sufficient equipment to protect her, she had had to outfit them with weapons. She also stated that the members of her security detail do not have licenses to bear arms or official identifications. Mrs. Fischer also stated that the members of her security detail do not have medical insurance and their salary is very low. Finally, she stated that she feared that she and her children –once they returned to Guatemala- might become the targets of reprisals or threats because of her testimony before the Court. 34. The statement made by Mr. Abraham Méndez García at the public hearing held at the seat of the Court on July 6, 2004, where he stated, inter alia, that as the Prosecutor in the Carpio case, he was the target of threats and attempts on his life which is why he and his family had to leave the country. They spent approximately one year in exile. He stated further that he was afraid that his testimony before the Court might make him and his family the targets of reprisals or threats. 35. The Commission’s final oral pleadings, delivered at the public hearing held at the seat of the Court on July 6, 2004, where it stated, inter alia, that for the reasons Karen Fischer had explained during her testimony (supra ‘Having Seen’ 33), the provisional measures ordered on her behalf were inadequate and therefore needed to be strengthened. 36. The representatives’ final oral pleadings, delivered at the public hearing held at the seat of the Court on July 6, 2004, where they stated, inter alia, that the provisional measures should be expanded to include Rodrigo and Jorge Carpio Arrivillaga, Abraham Méndez García, as well as Rodrigo and Daniela Carpio Fischer, Karen Fischer’s two children, owing to the fear of the reprisals that might be taken against these persons because of the testimony given by Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio, Mrs. Karen Fischer and Mr. Abraham Méndez García. The representatives also underscored the need to bolster the provisional measures ordered on behalf of Karen Fischer and to reinstate the perimeter security detail assigned to Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio’s place of work.