60. At 3:00 a.m. on December 18, 2001, the police burst into the house and opened fire with heavy caliber weapons. On hearing the shots, Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón fled to a neighboring house, No. 2523. The police entered that house also and arrested Mr. Boggiano Bruzzón, taking him back to No. 2525.41 There, the police rounded up all those present, handcuffed them, made them lie face down on the floor, and then beat them. Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón was kicked in the face even though he was helpless on the floor, and also struck in the face with a rifle butt by a police officer, leaving him with injuries that remain visible today.42 61. The police beat Mercedes Valencia Chuquimia very violently with their firearms and threatened her to make her provide information on the robbery. Even though she told the police that he was only a child, her son Mauricio Valenzuela Valencia was interrogated alone in a room and was beaten. Subsequently, he was taken to the room where his mother was being kept and could watch how the police beat her, undressed her, and poked their firearms between her legs.43 62. Genaro Ahuacho Luna was interrogated by the Police while he was on the floor. The police officers used their boots to subjugate him and pulled him up violently by the hair in order to show his face in the video recorded during the police operation.44 The same video shows Alfredo Bazán y Rosas lying on the floor with blood on his injured face.45 B.2.3. Search of the house at No. 75 Cívica Avenue, El Alto, La Paz 63. The Police raided this house on December 18, 2001, at approximately 1:00 a.m. At the time of the raid, those present included Victoria Gutiérrez de Lulleman together with her children, Raúl Oswaldo Lulleman Gutiérrez, Jenny Paola Lulleman de Zaconeta and Maribel Lulleman Gutiérrez, and her grandson, Daniel Zaconeta (aged 4 at the time). Also present were Julia Mamanu Mamani, the family’s domestic worker and her eight-year-old daughter.46 64. The police officers entered the home violently, making all the occupants leave their rooms without even allowing them to get dressed. Raúl Oswaldo Lulleman was handcuffed and thrown down the stairs from the second floor of the house. He was then taken back to his room where the police officers beat his back with their rifles to force him to provide information on the robbery.47 Victoria Lulleman Gutiérrez stated that, during the operation, she was threatened and had to watch how they mistreated her son.48 Julia Mamanu Mamani was also beaten during the raid. The video of the operation also shows how the police officers interrogated Julia Mamanu Mamani’s daughter, for several minutes.49 65. Luis Fernando Lulleman Gutiérrez arrived home a 7:00 a.m. after working all night. On his arrival, he was surprised by police officers who had remained there waiting for him since the start 41 Cf. Statement by Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón, undated (evidence file, folio 12604). Cf. Statement by Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón, undated (evidence file, folio 12604) and affidavit made by forensic physician Marcelo Flores Torrico on June 15, 2022 (evidence file, folio 12705). 42 43 Cf. Statement made by Mauricio Valenzuela Valencia during the public hearing. 44 Cf. VHS video (without audio) of the police operation and the reconstruction of the events, minute 33:06. 45 Cf. VHS video (without audio) of the police operation and the reconstruction of the events, minute 28:23. 46 Cf. Affidavit made by Oswaldo Lulleman Gutiérrez on June 15, 2022 (evidence file, folio 12708). 47 Cf. Affidavit made by Oswaldo Lulleman Gutiérrez on June 15, 2022 (evidence file, folio 12709). 48 Cf. Statement by Victoria Lulleman Gutiérrez during the domestic trial (evidence file, folios 9638 and 9639). 49 Cf. VHS video (without audio) of the police operation and the reconstruction of the events, minute 10:05. 18