stopping.102 The victim was taken to an outpatient center by some acquaintances,103 and subsequently taken by ambulance to two different hospitals.104 Rigoberto Barrios gave a statement about the facts on January 13, 2005, in the Maracay Central Hospital (hereinafter “the Maracay Hospital” or “the Hospital”) and identified one of his assailants as a police official from the Barbacoas Police Station.105 His mother Maritza Barrios informed the Public Prosecution Service that he had been threatened on various occasions by a known police agent, and that another identified police officer had told her that her children would not celebrate Christmas.106 93. Rigoberto Barrios was admitted to the Maracay Central Hospital in the early hours of January 10, 2005, with numerous injuries.107 Several tests, including an ultrasound, x-rays, and a tomography scan of the neck and skull were performed that same day108 and, on January 12, a blood test was carried out.109 He underwent surgery on January 15.110 The post-operative diagnosis indicated “trauma raquimedular cervical.”111 On January 19, it was recorded that Rigoberto Barrios “had blood in his stools.”112 Following a blood test, the doctor on duty ordered three blood transfusion procedures at 6 p.m., and these were performed at around 9 p.m.113 Subsequently, Rigoberto suffered respiratory arrest and died between January 19 and 20, 2005.114 102 Cf. Record of interview with Genesis Carolina Martinez on January 26, 2005, supra note 100, folio 4584 and 4585. 103 Cf. Record of interview with Jesús Eduardo Escobar Martinez by the Twentieth Prosecutor of Aragua state on January 26, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 3, folio 4595), 104 Cf. Record of interview with Maritza Barrios by the Twentieth Prosecutor of Aragua state with competence for the protection of fundamental rights on January 26, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 3, folio 4599). 105 Cf. Record of interview with Rigoberto Barrios of January 13, 2005, supra note 99, folios 4609 and 4610. 106 Cf. Record of interview with Maritza Barrios on January 26, 2005, supra note 104, folio 4600. 107 Cf. Medical record of January 10, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 20, folio 6523). 108 Cf. Medical reports of January 10, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 20, folios 6529 to 6532). 109 Cf. Medical reports of January 12, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 20, folios 6533 to 6536). 110 Cf. Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez by the Forensic and Scientific Crime Investigation Unit on January 28, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 20, folio 6569), and Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez by the Twentieth Prosecutor with competence for the protection of fundamental rights on June 20, 2006 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 20, folio 6576). 111 Cf. Report on surgery performed on January 15, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 20, folio 6539). 112 Cf. Medical bulletin of the Maracay Central Hospital of January 19, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, folio 6548), and Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez on June 20, 2006, supra note 110, folio 6576. 113 Cf. Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez on January 28, 2005, supra note 110, folios 6569 to 6571, and Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez on June 20, 2006, supra note 110, folio 6576. 114 Cf. Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez on January 28, 2005, supra note 110, folio 6569; Record of interview with Rodolfo Antonio Cordova Perez on June 20, 2006, supra note 110, folio 6577, and Report on forensic autopsy performed on January 22, 2005, supra note 101, 4621, and Report of the Maracay Central Hospital of January 19, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 6, folio 4611). Different dates of death can be observed on the documents in the case file. 35