60 order to prove that the authorities failed to act and protect the employees of Globovisión. On the contrary and though not further evidence has been tendered in relation to the circumstances in which the incident occurred, it has been confirmed that members of the military police let them, at least, pass the security perimeter.183 Hence, it has not been proven that the authorities stopped protecting the alleged victims. Nevertheless, it is possible to conclude that Mrs. Aymara Lorenzo and Mr. Carlos Arroyo and Félix Padilla were prevented from doing their jobs on such occasion. * * * 206. The Commission alleged in the application that on September 11, 2002 reporter Ana Karina Villalba, cameraman Alí Vargas and assistant Anthony Infantino were prevented from covering a story when a woman threatened them and hit the microphone of Mrs. Villalba, though a police officer, who was at the site, held the woman back 184. The State mentioned that the complaint related to this fact was lodged six months after the incident and that physical and verbal attacks committed against Ana Karina Villalba were reported therein. The State also pointed out that there are inconsistencies between the facts established in the application, the facts narrated by Mrs. Villalba and the facts verified by the Attorney General’s Office. 207. In the statement rendered during the public hearing before the Court, Mrs. Villalba declared on such occasion “a woman hit her with a stick […], beat her, and chase her with a stick and that […] anyone who tried to approach us to give a statement, was also attacked". And then, at the end of such incident, a police officer approached her and told her “you’d better leave, since we cannot guarantee your security” and she expressed they had to withdraw from the place. Furthermore, in response to questions made by the State, Mrs. Villalba declared that she was beaten in the back on that occasion and that the woman who attacked her "hit her with a stick several times". Moreover, she mentioned that she did not undergo a medical examination since the injury was not serious enough. In addition, she expressed that in the place of the events, there were “officers of the “National Guard […], military officers and […] officers of the Metropolitan and […] Caracas Police or officers of the Municipality of Libertador”. In two statements presented by the representatives, Ana Karina Villalba briefly narrated this same fact185. a minute, people struggling with an unidentified cameraman, whose camera is knocked over and there are people kicking other people. Cf. Video (appendix 3 to the application). 183 The statements of Mrs. Aymara Lorenzo coincides with the foregoing, but she added that "after several requests, the officer leading the troop, allowed us passing the security perimeter on the condition that we abandoned the place [and] the Military Police did not intervene against our attackers, who even started throwing stones to us.” Cf. Request for justification of June 17, 2003, filed with the 20º Municipal Court of Caracas Metropolitan Area containing the declaration of Felix Padilla Geromes, Carlos Arroyos and Aymara Anahí Lorenzo Ferrigni (records of evidence, volume IV, page 898), 911 and 909-910). 184 The Commission alleged in the application that “On September 11, 2002, reporter Ana Karina Villalba, cameraman Alí Vargas, and assistant Anthony Infantino were on the Llaguno Bridge, in the city of Caracas, trying to cover a gathering to commemorate the events of April 11, 2002. As Ana Karina Villalba approached one of the people there to conduct an interview, a woman with a wooden stick dealt a heavy blow to the microphone she was holding, shouted at the interviewee to demand that he “give no statement to them,” and threatened the young man who was about to be interviewed with the same stick. Although a police officer who was on site stopped the woman, she returned when she realized the Globovisión team was still in the area. “Are you going to carry on filming?” asked the woman, threatening to hit Ana Karina Villalba in the face with her stick. The police stopped her again and the reporter had to cover the story as she walked away from the site”. 185 Cf. statement of Ana Karina Villalba (records of evidence, volume X, appendix 50 to the brief of pleadings, motions and evidence, page 3076) and request for justification of June 17, 2003 presented before the 20º