members indicated that police officials, who they identified, had threatened him previously (supra para. 111). 119. On June 19, 2004, Oscar José Barrios was illegally detained, assaulted and threatened with death by police agents. A complaint concerning the incident was filed before the Public Prosecution Service on June 28, 2004, and Oscar José Barrios testified in the case on February 22, 2005 (supra para. 74). Subsequently, it was reported that, on June 18, 2005, Oscar José Barrios had been intercepted by five men in civilian dress, who aimed at him with their rifles (supra para. 110). At the time of this complaint, as well as in another complaint before the Senior Prosecutor on March 1, 2004,139 measures of protection were requested owing to the risk he ran. In addition, his cousin Néstor Caudi Barrios reported a death threat to both youths on December 7, 2004 (supra para. 74). 120. Wilmer José Flores Barrios received a threat in 2004 when a police official warned his mother, Maritza Barrios, that something would happen to her children before Christmas.140 121. Néstor Caudi Barrios was an eyewitness to the murder of Narciso Barrios on December 11, 2003 (supra para. 63). The evidence available in the file does not allow the Court to verify the threats against Néstor Caudi Barrios prior to 2011, but indicates that death threats against him by police agents were reported on at least three occasions: June 1, 2004, December 7, 2004, and February 21, 2005.141 In addition, on May 27, 2004, he testified before the Public Prosecution Service in the criminal proceedings regarding the murder of his uncle, Narciso Barrios.142 On June 1 and August 10, 2004, he filed for protection before the Public Prosecution Service, and a judge granted his request on August 24 that year.143 In addition, on December 7, 2004, he requested a special measure of protection.144 122. Juan José Barrios requested the Public Prosecution Service to grant him measures of protection on March 1, 2004,145 and these were ordered by the First Instance Criminal Court 139 Cf. Complaint filed before the Senior Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service on March 1, 2004 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome I, attachment 2, folio 3216). In this complaint, measures of protection were requested in favor of, among others, Juan José Barrios, Oscar José Barrios and Jorge Antonio Barrios Ortuño. 140 Cf. Record of interview with Maritza Barrios on January 26, 2005, supra note 104, folio 4600. 141 Cf. Complaint filed before the Fourteenth Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service on June 1, 2004, supra note 121, folio 3415; Complaint filed before the Senior Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service on December 7, 2004, supra note 122, folio 3421, and Record of interview with Néstor Caudi Barrios by the Forensic and Scientific Crime Investigation Unit on February 21, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome IV, attachment 18, folio 6159 and 6160). In addition, the representatives alleged that Néstor Caudi Barrios was deprived of liberty for one day on March 19, 2005, by Guanayén police officials. In this regard, they stated that, during this time, his parents were not informed of his detention and he was prevented from communicating with his family. The Commission stated that no documentary proof was provided to authenticate this fact, so that it did not have sufficient elements to rule in that regard. The Court, for its part, observes that the representatives did not provide evidence of the alleged detention, so that the Court will not rule on it. 142 Cf. Record of interview with Néstor Caudi Barrios on May 27, 2004, supra note 72, folio 5964. 143 Cf. Note of the Senior Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service of August 20, 2004 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome III, attachment 17, folio 5919). See also, Memorandum of the Victim’s Attention Unit of September 23, 2004, addressed to the Twentieth Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome III, attachment 17, folio 6031). 144 Cf. Complaint filed before the Senior Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service on December 7, 2004, supra note 122, folio 3418. 145 Cf. Complaint filed before the Senior Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service on March 1, 2004, supra note 139, folio 3216. 42