2 4. The Order of the President of April 25, 2003 whereby the measures to protect the life and physical integrity of Jorge Guillermo Lemus Alvarado and his relatives were amplified. 5. The Order of the Court of June 6, 2003 whereby the Order of the President of April 25, 2003 was ratified and the State was required to amplify, without further delay, the necessary measures to protect the life and physical integrity of Jorge Guillermo Lemus Alvarado and his relatives. 6. The State’s reports of August 10 and 5, September 24 and November 18, 2003; January 27, February 19, March 12, June 4, September 22 and October 22, 2004; May 4, 2005, April 21 and September 7, 2006; February 21, October 12 and December 11, 2007; February 19 and February 21, May 6, July 3, August 14, 2008; and January 7, 2009. 7. The observations by the beneficiaries’ representatives (hereinafter “the representatives”) submitted on November 13, 2007; January 7, April 12, August 2, and November 17, 2004; September 29, 2006, March 20, and November 19, 2007; January 11, January 31, March 4, April 22, April 30, June 17, July 15 and September 12, 2008. The communication by the representatives on July 29, 2008 whereby the representatives informed that Mr. Ronald Chang Apuy, a beneficiary of the measures and a relative of Helen Mack Chang, had been allegedly a victim of an armed attack, and the observations of January 12, 2009. 8. The observations by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or the “Inter-American Commission”) of November 14 and November 24, 2003; May 5, September 10 and November 11, 2004; July 22, 2005; October 23, 2006, April 5 and November 21, 2007; and February 15, April 22 and June 18, 2008. 9. The communications from the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) of February 27, April 30, July 8, July 18 and November 17, 2008, whereby the Secretariat requested the representatives, on the basis of the President’s instructions, to provide information about the present status and situation of the beneficiaries of the present provisional measures, to determine whether there are still cases of extreme gravity and urgency to avoid irreparable damage to the persons related to all the beneficiaries. Furthermore, the Commission was requested to submit the corresponding observations. 10. The Secretariat’s communications, following the President’s instructions, of April 29, May 8, June 11, June 19, July 8, July 18, August 1, August 14, September 18, October 16 and November 17, 2008, whereby the Secretariat requested the State to report on the present situation of each one of the beneficiaries of the measures, on the measures implemented and, particularly, on the alleged facts damaging Mr. Chang Apuy. CONSIDERING: 1. That Guatemala ratified the American Convention on May 25, 1978 and, pursuant to Article 62 of such Convention, Guatemala recognized the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court on March 9, 1987.