39. After the return of the inmates of No. 4 to their cell, at approximately 4:45 p.m., the guides Gómez and Chirinos went to take the youths from No. 2 for dinner, who confronted them with improvised knives and sharp objects. 70 At that time, cell No. 2 housed eleven young people. 71 The guide Chirinos stated that "the boys [...] asked us for the keys because they were going to kill those in No. 4, and to keep quiet, because otherwise they would attack us as well." He added that he saw "how the faces of these boys had totally changed, they were pale, and very agitated, [...] they were serious in what they said".72 40. The guide Gómez stated that while one of the inmates threatened him, he moved toward the outside of the Center to throw the keys of the cells outside so that the youths would not take them off him. He added that while two young men threatened the two teachers, the others went to cell No. 4 and "uttered intimidating words [...] causing the other dormitories to join the riot." He added that the guides began to "forcibly return the youngsters to their dormitories" and the youths returned to No. 2, where the guide Gomez and also the acting warden Romero came into the Center to talk to them and confiscate the weapons. 73 The latter stated that "one of the youths of [No. 4], [shouted] run man, it’s a riot. I immediately went to the inner part [...] and arrived at [No. 2]" where the youths “on seeing me went to their dormitory and I went to talk to them to see what was happening.”74 41. While the acting warden Romero and the guide Gómez remained in cell No. 2, the guide Chirinos went out into the corridor and approached No. 4, where he heard screams and noticed the smoke coming out of the cell. 75 Chirinos reported that "about three minutes passed from the time the youths started calling me [from No. 4 until the moment he arrived at the cell], that was approximately at [5:00 pm]." 76 Acting warden Romero reported that on leaving cell No. 2 "when he arrived [at No. 4] there were no voices, no noise, only the flames spreading in the dormitory and the smoke." 77 42. The youths Zabala and Lira, as well as young Mota's family, witnessed the events from outside. Osmely Mota questioned the account of acting warden Romero. She argued that the warden was "sitting at the entrance playing chess, [when] my brother and Parra started shouting, ‘Romero, it’s a riot’[.] It was strange to us that Romero couldn’t hear them[,] since we heard it from outside[.] It was only when we started to scream ‘riot’ as well that Romero ran inside, that's when we started to see the smoke. We wanted to get in but Brígida came and closed the gate. 78 43. Social worker Brígida Hurtado reported that upon hearing the cries of riot, she called 171, the Bolívar emergency services, requesting reinforcement and reporting that there were no police officers in the center." According to the records of the Autonomous Emergency Service Bolívar 171, three calls were received from Brígida Hurtado on June 30, 2005. The first at 16:56:07, reporting a riot at the INAM-San Félix; the second at 16:57:43, reporting the fire; and the last one at 17:04:34 indicating: "they are reporting a riot in the place where the adolescents [started] a fire in the facilities [...] several young people [...] suffering from burns". The social worker reported that when the first police officers arrived, smoke started coming out of the INAM; and that the 171 unit and the fire fighters took longer to reach the site. The first fire-fighting unit that arrived did not have the proper equipment to enter and fight the fire, there was a delay until a unit came from Unare. 79 A firefighter claimed to have arrived at the facilities when they had already removed two inmates from the cells, and the fire was almost out "since there was no more material to burn.” 80 Annex 40. Statement of José Luis Chirinos (7.29.2005). Annex 27 to the additional brief; Annex 26. Statement of Francisco Gómez (8.8.2005). Annex 31 to the additional brief. 71 Annex 13. Interview of Brígida Hurtado (8.7.2005). Annex 29 to the additional brief. 72 Annex 40. Statement of José Luis Chirinos (7.29.2005). Annex 27 to the additional brief; see also Annex 12. 73 Annex 40. Statement of José Luis Chirinos (7.29.2005). Annex 27 to the additional brief; see also Annex 26. 74 Annex 12. Statement of Nerio Romero (7.29.2005). Annex 28 to the additional brief. 75 Annex 26. Statement of Francisco Gómez (8.8.2005). Annex 31 to the additional brief. 76 Annex 40. Statement of José Luis Chirinos (7.29.2005). Annex 27 to the additional brief. 77 Annex 12. Statement of Nerio Romero (7.29.2005). Annex 28 to the additional brief. 78 Annex 42. Interview of Osmely Mota (8.7.2005). Annex 25 to the additional brief; see also Annex 51. On challenges to the official version see: Annexes 33 and 34. 79 Annex 13. Interview of Brígida Hurtado (8.7.2005). Annex 29 to the additional brief; see also Annex 44. Report of the Bolívar Autonomous Emergency Services 171 (3.8.2005). Annex 47 to the additional brief. 80 Annex 45. Interview by Norman Richards Correa (2.8.2005). Annex 48 to the additional brief. 70