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the provisional measures to the benefit of the beneficiaries; b) reiterate to the State its
obligation to comply with the provisional measures and take all urgent and effective
measures in this regard; c) request immediate information from the State on the death
of Wilmer José Flores Barrios, and d) to investigate fully, impartially, and effectively the
alleged extrajudicial execution of the beneficiary and punish those responsible.
10.
Additionally, the State made reference in its report to various investigations
connected with other members of the Barrios family and indicated that with regard to
“the event that took place on August 31 [(sic)], 2010, in which the victim was the
individual who in the life answered to the name of Wilmer José Flores Barrios, the 14th
Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Office of the Attorney General of the Aragua State
Judicial Circuit […] launched the corresponding investigation on learning […] that on the
day in question, in the town of Guanayen, in Guayabito sector […] individuals still not yet
identified fired upon the victim, who died upon being transferred to the Hospital del Sur,
located in Camatagua.” It added that the case is still in the investigative phase.
B)
On the general situation of the beneficiaries and the implementation of the
measures ordered by the Court
11.
Its report dated May 11, 2010, the State made general reference to the
investigation into the death of Narciso Barrios, in which the Office of the Attorney
General is waiting to be notified of the beginning of the oral trial, which has been
delayed due to various circumstances. With regard to the facts that took place on
November 25, 2008, to the detriment of Jorge and Elvira Barrios, among others, over the
alleged illegitimate deprivation of liberty, injuries, and improper use of a firearm by
supposed officials of the Aragua State Police, the tribunal with jurisdiction granted the
dismissal requested by the Public Prosecutor of the Office of the Attorney General on
finding that there was not enough incriminating evidence for singling out the
perpetrators of the offenses. Likewise, it made reference to the investigation launched
into the death of Oscar José Barrios. With regard to the alleged illegitimate deprivation of
liberty to the detriment of Víctor Daniel Cabrera Barrios by the Scientific, Criminal, and
Forensic Investigation Corps of the Aragua Police, the State mention that an
investigation has been launched into those facts.
12.
Additionally, the State referred to certain steps taken by the Office of the
Attorney General with regard to compliance with the provisional measures granted to the
benefit of the Barrios family, mentioning, on one hand, the meeting held on January 12,
2010, in the headquarters of the Victims Aid Unit of the Judicial Circuit of Aragua State,
which included the participation of, among others, the senior public prosecutor, Ms. Alisa
Barrios, and her representative Luis Aguilera “toward complying with the extension of
the protective measure […] in the name of citizen Victor Daniel Barrios and his family."
On the other hand, the State mentioned in its June 21, 2010, report that officials of the
psychosocial area of the Victims Aid Unit visited the residence of Pablo Solórzano Barrios
in order to interview him, but he was not home and his nephew Wilmer José Flores
Barrios cooperated little with the officials upon being interviewed. It added that by virtue
of the provisions of the Law for the Protection of Victims, Witnesses, and Other
Procedural Subjects, the officials visited the members of the Barrios family "placing in
the report a series of considerations regarding the facts concerning them." According to
the State, it is using this to carry out the corresponding follow-up to the protective
measures benefiting Eloísa Barrios and her family.