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f) request the SAAS to arrange for the provision of security for Ashley Corinne
Peccerelli-Valle and Tristán Collin Peccerelli-Valle, children of Fredy Peccerelli; and
g) coordinate, through the Ministry of the Interior, efforts with all police substations
and police departments to post uniformed officers at the sites where the FAFG
conducts exhumations.
6.
That, on May 31, 2007, in light of new requests filed by the representatives of the
beneficiaries (infra Considering clause No. 13), the State undertook to:
a) increase the number of personal security officers assigned to Mr. Fredy Peccerelli
and his wife, Jeannette Peccerelli;
b) increase the number of personal security officers stationed at the FAFG’s main
office.
c) continue to take all the necessary steps to arrange for the assignment of a
security officer responsible for the implementation of the measures of protection;
d) instruct, as an alternative protection mechanism, the PNC members assigned to
protect Mr. Fredy Peccerelli to conduct the investigation, and
e) continue discussions with the SAAS to coordinate the necessary actions to protect
Mr. Peccerelli’s children, Tristán and Ashley Corinne Peccerelli Valle.
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7.
That, as regards the obligation to provide personal security to the beneficiaries of these
measures, the State reported that the police security team assigned to Mr. Fredy Peccerelli, his
family and the members of the FAFG is currently composed of fifteen PNC members. In this
connection, Guatemala pointed out that: a) the Protection and Security Division of the PNC
provides protection to the FAFG’s main office through “fixed-post” security; b) perimeter and
personal security is provided to Mr. Fredy Peccerelli-Monterroso, Executive Director of the FAFG
and his relatives, Jeannette de Peccerelli and Bianca Peccerelli-Monterroso; and c) personal
protection is provided to Mr. Omar Bertoni-Girón, head of the Forensic Anthropology laboratory
at the FAFG. Guatemala also stated that efforts to provide personal security to Fredy Peccerelli
Monterroso’s children, Tristán Collin and Ashley Corienne Peccerelli-Valle, were hindered by
“jurisdictional issues between institutions.” As regards the obligation to provide security to the
members of the FAFG during exhumations in different departments of Guatemala, the State
initially said that the implementation of the relevant measures was being coordinated with the
Ministry of the Interior and the National Civil Police. Later, Guatemala stated that coordination
actions with the Technical Secretariat of Public Security were being undertaken. Finally, the
State referred to several police units that provided security to the FAFG to conduct forensic
activities involving exhumations in the departments of Progreso, Sololá, and Huehuetenango.
Furthermore, the State asserted that “it constantly verifies that the security measures in favor
of the beneficiaries are effectively implemented by the National Civil Police officers in order to
ensure their safety [...].” In this regard, Guatemala reported that the Technical Secretariat of
Public Security or the Personality Protection Division (hereinafter “DPP”) notifies the
beneficiaries of the provisional measures of any security personnel rotation in advance and, in
some cases, allows the beneficiary to participate in personnel selection. Such rotation takes
place when security officers do not meet the profile required by the beneficiaries.