4 NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, exercising the authority conferred upon it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention and Article 24 of its Rules of Procedure. RESOLVES: 1. To request the State of Colombia to maintain the provisional measures for José Daniel Alvarez, Nidia Linores-Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio, Miriam Rosas Ascanio, Javier Álvarez and Erik A. Arellano Bautista. 2. To request the State of Colombia to maintain the provisional measures adopted for Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas and her next of kin. 3. To ratify the August 6, 1998 Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and, accordingly, request the State of Colombia to maintain the measures necessary to protect the life and integrity of Mr. Daniel Prado and his family, so as to avoid irreparable damage to them. 4. To request the Colombian State to investigate the facts denounced that led to the present measures so as to compile facts leading to the identification of those responsible and their punishment. 5. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to urge the beneficiaries of the provisional measures adopted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the instant case to cooperate with the State of Colombia in order to enable the latter to more effectively adopt the necessary security measures. 6. To request the State of Colombia that, as of the date of notification of this order, it expand its reports on the measures adopted in the instant case, continue to present them every two months, and detail therein the measures taken with respect to each beneficiary named in this order. 7. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations on the State’s reports within six weeks of receiving them. Hernán Salgado-Pesantes President Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Oliver Jackman Sergio García-Ramírez Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Alirio Abreu-Burelli Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo