214. On March 5, 2004, a forensic medical evaluation was performed on Rigoberto
Barrios298 who, six days later, filed a complaint for an offense against the person (injuries),
based on the acts perpetrated against him, stating that Jorge Antonio Barrios Ortuño had
also been the victim of these acts.299 That same day procedures were carried out.300 In
addition, in February 2005 an agreement was signed to undertake a criminal investigation,
which recorded that a visit had been made to the El Roble farm to inquire about a vehicle
that had been mentioned in the proceedings. It was discovered that it belonged to the office
of the Governor of Aragua state. The man in charge of the farm and his wife were
interviewed; the vehicle had been assigned to the latter; a forensic examination and
valuation of the vehicle was carried out, and also a police technical inspection.301
215. On June 2, 2005, the Sixteenth Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service of
Aragua state (hereinafter “the Sixteenth Prosecutor”) reiterated the request made to the
Guanayén Police Station for a copy of the logbooks for March 3 and 4, 2003, and, on May
30, 2005, he informed the Directorate for the Protection of Fundamental Rights of the Office
of the Prosecutor General of the Republic about the case.302 On March 27, 2006, the
Sixteenth Prosecutor asked the Review Judge of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of Aragua State
to dismiss the case owing to the prescription of the offense of minor personal injuries, a
request that was decided favorably on November 22, 2006.303
5. Investigation of the deprivation of liberty of Luisa del Carmen Barrios,
Gustavo Ravelo, Jesús Ravelo, Elbira Barrios, Oscar José Barrios, and Jorge
Antonio Barrios and the threats and injuries they suffered
216. On June 28, 2004, a complaint regarding the events of June 19, 2004, was filed
before the Fourteenth Prosecutor requesting the implementation of specific procedures.304
298
Cf. Report on forensic medical examination of March 5, 2004, supra note 78, folio 3409.
299
Cf. Complaint filed by Rigoberto Antonio Barrios on March 11, 2004 (file of attachments to the answering
brief, tome I, attachment 5, folios 4801 to 4803).
300
Consisting of: (a) interview with Antonio Barrios Ortuño; (b) the Investigation Unit informed the Sixteenth
Prosecutor of the complaint filed by Rigoberto Barrios, and (c) the Investigation Unit asked the Barbacoas and
Guanayén Police Stations to provide copies of their logbooks for March 3 and 4, 2004. Cf. Testimony of Jorge
Antonio Barrios Ortuño on March 11, 2004, supra note 77, folios 4804 and 4805; Note No. 9700-044-1520 of the
Investigation Unit of March 11, 2004 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 5, folio 4788),
and Notes of the Investigation Unit of March 11, 2004 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I,
attachment 5, folios 4807 and 4808).
301
Cf. Record of criminal investigation of the Investigation Unit of February 21, 2004 (file of attachments to
the answering brief, tome I, attachment 5, folios 4809 and 4810); Records of interview with Didier Ali Leon Pereira
and Lourdes Josefina Bedoya Torrealba by the Investigation Unit on February 22 and 23, 2005 (file of attachments
to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 5, folios 4811 to 4813 and 4815 and 4816); Expert report on the
identification and valuation of vehicle No. 65 of the Investigation Unit of February 23, 2005 (file of attachments to
the answering brief, tome I, attachment 5, folio 4817), and Police technical inspection 285 of the Investigation Unit
of February 23, 2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 5, folio 4819).
302
Cf. Notes No. 05.F16.0838-05 and No. 05-F16-0888-05 of the Sixteenth Prosecutor of May 30 and June 2,
2005 (file of attachments to the answering brief, tome I, attachment 5, folios 4822 and 4825).
303
Cf. Dismissal request of the Sixteenth Prosecutor of March 27, 2006 (file of attachments to the answering
brief, tome I, attachment 5, folios 4797 and 4798), and Dismissal order of the Review Court of First Instance of
the Tenth Criminal Judicial Circuit of November 22, 2006 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No.
11/10, attachments 1 to 5, tome I, folio 3411).
304
Cf. complaint filed by Luis Aguilera on June 28, 2004 (file of evidence of attachments to Commission’s
Report No. 11/10, tome II, folios 3428 to 3434). The following procedures were requested: (a) the opening of the
corresponding investigations; (b) forensic examination of the vehicle; (c) ballistics expertise on the bullet extracted
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