71. On December 30, 1996, at approximately 8 a.m., Eduardo Landaeta was transferred to the Central Police Station. 86 According to the testimony of Ignacio Landaeta Muñoz, at around 6.30 p.m., a policewoman advised Eduardo Landaeta’s parents that she had seen strange movements and warned them not to leave. 87 Also, María Magdalena Mejías indicated that an agent Requena insistently asked her for Eduardo Landaeta’s identity document; accordingly, at 8.30 p.m., she brought a copy of this and a copy of his birth certificate. 88 At 10.30 p.m., Eduardo Landaeta appeared in a window and signaled to his parents that they should leave. 89 72. On December 31, 1996, in a red Fiat sedan, model one, unit P-66, license plates DAF-91Z, registered to the intelligence unit, driven by agent FABP, with agent CARM sitting in the passenger seat, and agent CARA sitting on the right side of the back seat, Eduardo Landaeta was transferred, handcuffed and in the back seat, to the Mariño Police Department. 90 73. According to the statements given during the investigation, at around 8.30 a.m., in the Valle Lindo district, the police car was struck from behind by a grey Chevrolet Malibu vehicle, and therefore stopped to verify what had happened. At that moment, four hooded men carrying firearms got out of the grey vehicle, seized the service weapons from the police agents, and began to fire against their car, killing Eduardo Landaeta. Agent CARA fled the scene of the incident in the direction of Urbanización Valle Lindo; agent FABP was injured in the leg by a bullet, and agent CARM remained lying on the ground. 91 74. After receiving a report of what happened, an operation was organized to try and find the grey vehicle, but this was unsuccessful. 92 E. Investigation into the death of Igmar Alexander Landaeta Mejías 75. At 4 p.m. on November 17, 1996, the CTPJ Mariño Police Department (hereinafter “Mariño Police Department), received a telephone call from the duty officer of the local police force advising that a police team had been involved in a confrontation with an individual known as Landaeta, on Las Flores street, in the Samán de Güere district, as a 86 Cf. Police record of handover of an individual of December 30, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7111), and police record of December 30, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7112). 87 Cf. Testimony of Ignacio Landaeta of February 13, 2004 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7378 and 7379), and Testimony of Ignacio Landaeta during the public hearing before the Inter-American Court on February 6, 2014. 88 Cf. Police record of December 30, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7113) and Testimony of María Magdalena Mejías of February 16, 2004 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7383). 89 Cf. Testimony of Ignacio Landaeta of February 13, 2004 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7378 and 7379), and Testimony of Ignacio Landaeta during the public hearing before the Inter-American Court on February 6, 2014. 90 Cf. Transcript of the logbook of December 31, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7105); report of the Central Police State of January 6, 1997 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7314); police record of December 31, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7109 and 7110), and testimony of CARA of December 31, 1996, and August 13, 1997 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7149 and 7216). 91 Cf. Transcript of the logbook of December 31, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7105); report of the Central Station of January 6, 1997 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7314); police record of December 31, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7109 and 7110); testimony of CARA of December 31, 1996, and August 13, 1997 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7149, 7150 and 7216); testimony of CARM of December 31, 1996, July 8, 1997, and September 29, 1998 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 7151, 7152, 7200 and 7305); testimony of FABP of January 6, 1997, July 22 and September 28, 1998 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7172, 7232, 7233 and 7303); testimony of Yuribet del Valle Rujano Castro of August 19, 1997, April 20, 1999, and January 16, 2004 (annexes to the answering brief, 7218, 7336 and 8061 to 8065), and Testimony of Virginia Hernández de Duarte of April 20, 1999 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7338). 92 Cf. Interview with Yasmira Thais Díaz Guerra of March 30, 2004 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 7507). 21