members of the CSOP, who executed Narciso, Luis Alberto, and Rigoberto Barrios with total impunity.18 30. In addition, they stated that notwithstanding the executions of four members of the Barrios family and the complaints filed, acts of threats, intimidation, and harassment were extended to target other family members.19 Among these acts, they alleged that Jorge Antonio (15), Benito’s son, and Rigoberto (15) were illegally arrested by two police officers on March 3, 2004, and later found on the road to the Guárico River. They alleged the police forced Rigoberto to kneel and fired several shots near his left ear, first with a pistol and then with a submachine gun, and that they kicked him several times in the chest, legs, and face, leaving him unconscious. They stated that Jorge Antonio, whom the police had handcuffed, was obliged to witness the acts, was kicked, and was told that Rigoberto was dead. They alleged the boys were taken to the Barbacoa police station, and there Rigoberto was kicked and punched by seven police officers.20 They indicated that three of these officers then tortured the minors, beating them on the arms and back with a metal tube and cutting Rigoberto’s scalp with a knife. They alleged that the boys were released at 6:00 a.m. the next day, and that during their detention they were held incommunicado and their parents were not told of their arrest.21 31. They alleged that the minor Néstor Caudi Barrios was threatened during the hearing held on April 21, 2004, in the framework of a judicial investigation into the execution of Narciso Barrios, and on December 6, 2004, by two police who told him that “all his family members had been killed.” They added that Néstor Caudi Barrios was arrested illegally and held incommunicado for one day in a cell of the Guanayen police station.22 32. They indicated that on June 19, 2004, Barrios family members were intercepted by a patrol of two police officers who forced Gustavo Ravelo, husband of Luisa del Carmen Barrios, and his father, Jesús Ravelo, to lie face down on the ground and kicked them in the face, legs, and ribs. They stated that when Luisa del Carmen asked the police to stop the beating, reminding them that the men were beneficiaries of provisional measures, the police insulted her and fired near her, threatening to lock her up so police could beat her in jail.23 The petitioners indicated that the family members were all taken to the Barbacoa police station and released about 2:00 a.m. the next day, except for Oscar and Jorge Antonio Barrios, who continued to be detained until June 21, 2004.24 33. They stated that these acts of threats and harassment forced most of the family to leave the village of Guanayen for fear of suffering irreparable damage to their life and physical integrity, despite being beneficiaries of provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court.25 In this regard they stated that Justina Barrios, the matriarch of the family, was forced to leave Guanayen in December 2003, following the extrajudicial execution of Narciso. In addition, Pablo Julián Solórzano Barrios and Elvira Barrios and her family26 had to leave in 18 Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 5. 19 They said that threats have continued against: Roni, Ronier, Arianna Nazareth, Oriana Zabaret, Wilmer José, Genesys Andreina, Victor Tomás, Geilin Alexandra, Elvira, Darelvis, Elvis Sarais, Cirilo Robert, Lorena, Eloisa, Inés, Beatríz, Oscar, Jorge, Caudi and Juan Barrios, Víctor and Beatriz Cabrera Barrios, Luimari and Luiseidy Guzmán Barrios, Yelitza Lugo Pelaez, Carolina García, Pablo Solórzano and Orismar Carolina Alzul García. Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 7. 20 They said that these officers included Inspector Wilmer Bravo. Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 7. 21 Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, pp. 7 and 8. 22 Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 7. 23 Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 8. 24 They said that before Jesús Ravelo left the police station, Officer Oswaldo Blanco threatened that if he saw him again in the town “he would beat him until he remembered the day he was born.” Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 8. 25 Petitioners’ communication received on September 19, 2007, p. 7. 26 Elvira Barrios is the mother of Darelvis Carolina, Oscar, Elvis Sarai (14), Cirilo Antonio (10), and Lorena del Valle Barrios (2). Elvira Barrios returned to Guanayen in June 2005, after she could not find work. 6