of the raid. They then proceeded to arrest him using great violence.50 Oswaldo Lulleman Antezana encountered a similar situation when he arrived home at around 8:00 a.m.51 B.2.4. Search of the house located at No. 1365 Juan Manuel Cáceres Passage 66. Between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m., several dozen police officers burst into the property located at No. 1365 Juan Manuel Cáceres Passage.52 At the time of the raid, Eladio Cruz Añez, F.E.P.M. and Carlos Enrique Castro Ramírez were present. This property was not one of the houses listed in resolutions 180/2001 and 186/2001 ordering the raids relating to the robbery involving the Prosegur truck.53 67. Eladio Cruz Añez stated that the police officers hit him with their rifles and kicked him until he lost consciousness. He indicated that the officers tried to asphyxiate him with a bag and he even vomited blood. In addition, he stated that Carlos Enrique Castro Ramírez was also beaten violently by the police officers, and tortured with a gas-filled bag.54 68. In the statement she made during a private hearing, F.E.P.M. indicated that, on entering her home, the police officers began to beat her with their firearms. She indicated that Eladio Cruz Añez, who was her husband at the time, yelled at the police that she was pregnant, and, as a result, the police officers proceeded to hit her stomach and placed a black bag over her head.55 B.2.5. Search of the home of Patricia Catalina Gallardo Ardúz 69. Between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. on December 18, 2001, around thirty hooded police officers entered the home of Patricia Catalina Gallardo Ardúz in the Iparvi area of La Paz.56 70. Patricia Gallardo Ardúz indicated that the police officers beat her stomach and back, handcuffed her, and continued to beat her violently, while insulting her. She stated that her mother, her daughter, and her youngest grandson were at her home at the time.57 B.2.6. Other raids and arrests 71. On December 18, 2001, at approximately 8:30 a.m., several police officers raided a house on Simón López Avenue in Cochabamba where Carlos Álvaro Taboada Valencia was present. After being interrogated by the police, he was taken to an office to identify someone in an identification 50 Cf. Affidavit made by Luis Fernando Lulleman Gutiérrez on June 17, 2022 (evidence file, folio 12776). 51 Cf. Affidavit made by Luis Fernando Lulleman Gutiérrez on June 17, 2022 (evidence file, folio 12776). 52 Cf. Statement by Eladio Cruz Añez, undated (evidence file, folio 12589) According to the statement by W.O., Police Commander General, when the home of Blas Valencia Campos was being searched “one of the persons detained told us that there were other individuals who were involved in the attack who were in Juan Manuel Cáceres Passage (…). Then, we went to the Cáceres Passage around 05:30 a.m.” (Report of W.O. to the prosecutors E.M. and M.D. on April 8, 2002, evidence file folio 9577). 53 54 Cf. Statement by Eladio Cruz Añez, undated (evidence file, folios 12589 and 12590). 55 Cf. Statement made by F.E.P.M. during the private hearing. According to the statement made by W.O., Police Commander General, it can be inferred that the raids, including the one in Iparvi Street, were conducted before 7:00 a.m. Indeed, the Commander indicated that “at 7:00 a.m., I received a call on my mobile phone from the Minister for Information [...]; I described all the actions that we had taken during the night and the early morning hours; he congratulated me” (Report of W.O. to the prosecutors E.M. and M.D. of April 8, 2002, evidence file folio 9577). According to the statement made by Patricia Gallardo Ardúz, the search began between 6 and 6:30 a.m. approximately (evidence file, folio 12719). 56 57 Cf. Affidavit made by Patricia Catalina Gallardo Ardúz on June 15, 2022 (evidence file, folios 12719 and 12720). 19