a) As of October 19, 2001, the installations of the PRODH Center have been
guarded and offered security; to this end, a PGJDF patrol car was installed in
front of these offices and, as of October 20, 2001, the PGJDF have provided
security personnel to the lawyer, Pilar Noriega García, during 24-hours each
day.
b) With regard to the measures proposed by the beneficiaries that are
pending implementation, the PRODH Center requested that 31 cellular
telephones should be put in service for the use of its members in case of
dangerous situations or fear of attack. Bárbara Zamora López requested the
State to provide the following protection measures: installation of a closed
circuit system in the Colectivo Tierra y Libertad law office similar to the one
installed in the PRODH Center and placing a guard in front of that law office
from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lastly, as protection measures, Leonel Rivero
Rodríguez requested that he be provided with a car and two private guards of
his own choice; and
c) The investigation into the facts related to the death of Digna Ochoa y
Plácido has not been undertaken, despite the statements of several
authorities.
Digna Ochoa’s next of kin and the PRODH Center have
collaborated with the Office of the Attorney General in the criminal
proceedings to investigate her death. However, they have not had full access
to the file, and this has prevented substantive collaboration.
As a result of the death of Digna Ochoa y Plácido, the Court was also requested in
this document with observations, to expand the provisional measures to include her
parents and twelve siblings, because Mrs. Ochoa’s next of kin have seen strange
cars and persons around their houses and received anonymous telephone calls which
cause them to fear for their lives and personal safety.
Finally, in this brief with observations, the Court was requested to proceed as
follows:
[…]
4. To call on the State of Mexico to comply immediately with the personal
protection measures requested in favor of the persons who are still without
protection.
5. To call on the State of Mexico to duly adopt the necessary or corrective
measures to ensure the effectiveness of the investigation into the facts of the
assassination of the lawyer Ochoa, and the threats against the members of the
[PRODH] Center and Leonel Rivero.
6.
The public hearing on this request for provisional measures was held at the
seat of the Court on November 26, 2001.
There appeared at the hearing:
For the State of Mexico:
Mariclaire Acosta Urquidi, Under-Secretary for Human Rights and Democracy
Carlos Pujalte Piñeiro, Mexican Ambassador to Costa Rica