19 they have come to cleanse Machiques of all the lowlifes; they are scary guys because they don't respect anybody.93 77. On September 17, 2003, Yelitze Moreno de Castillo examined photographs of the possible physical perpetrators of the act.94 78. On September 21, 2003, a report was published in the press about the incident which suggested that, because of his presumed ties to members of Colombian guerrilla groups, Joe Luis Castillo González had been murdered by Colombian paramilitary units which, with financing from members of the local community and a kind of list, were cleansing the zone by assassinating everyone linked to the guerrillas. Specifically, the information in the press suggested that Joe Luis Castillo González had provided lodging in his home for two Colombian citizens known as “el Cabilla” and “el Enfermero,” who were linked to Colombian guerrillas and that when the former discovered their connection to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) he tried to distance himself from said persons. They say that the two supposed guerrillas were subsequently murdered.95 79. On October 7, 2003, Romilio Segundo Troconis was interviewed about his business connections with Joe Luis Castillo González.96 According to the Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor, on November 20, 2003, the regional newspapers published information that the individuals who had allegedly executed Joe Luis Castillo González had been killed in a clash with security forces in Machiques de Perijá. 97 80. On January 21, 2004, Yelitze Moreno de Castillo examined photographs of the possible physical perpetrators of the act.98 On June 22, 2004, the Office of the 83rd Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of Metropolitan Caracas requested the Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of the State of Zulia to conduct a ballistics comparison test of the eight spent bullet cartridges and lead fragments recovered from the scene of the crime with the firearms captured from the citizens who died in the confrontation of November 20, 2003, and who might be linked to the case; collect photographs while alive of those allegedly involved in the killing of Joe Luis Castillo González so that Yelitze Moreno de Castillo might examine them; and collect the list captured from the citizens killed in the clash with the police in November 2003.99 81. On August 20, 2004, Machiques CICPC sent the Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor a photograph of Orlando Antonio Peña Luzardo,100 who was arrested for a separate incident from the murder of 93 CICPC Investigation Report, September 15, 2003. Petitioners’ brief on merits received at the IACHR on July 13, 2007. Not contested by the State. 94 Office of the 83rd Public Prosecutor, Record of September 17, 2003, Petitioners’ brief on merits received at the IACHR on July 13, 2007. Not contested by the State. 95 El Universal newspaper, September 21, 2003. Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of the State of Zulia, Case 24-F20-817-2003, page not numbered Annex to the petitioners’ brief received at the IACHR on June 3, 2008. Not contested by the State. 96 Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of the State of Zulia, Case 24-F20-817-2003, record of interview with Romilio Segundo Troconis, October 7, 2003, pp. 140 and 141. Annex to the petitioners’ brief received at the IACHR on June 3, 2008. Not contested by the State. 97 Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of the State of Zulia, Case 24-F20-817-2003, Official letter ZUL-F20-3038-2004, November 15, 2004, p. 153. Annex to the petitioners’ brief received at the IACHR on June 3, 2008. Not contested by the State. 98 Office of the 83rd Public Prosecutor, Record of September 17, 2003, Petitioners’ brief on merits received at the IACHR on July 13, 2007. Not contested by the State. 99 Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of the State of Zulia, Case 24-F20-817-2003, Official letter DF-83-903-2004 from the 83rd Public Prosecutor, June 22, 2004, p. 148. Annex to the petitioners’ brief received at the IACHR on June 3, 2008. Not contested by the State. 100 Office of the 20th Public Prosecutor for the Judicial District of the State of Zulia, Case 24-F20-817-2003, Official letter 1452, August 20, 2004, pp. 150 and 151. Annex to the petitioners’ brief received at the IACHR on June 3, 2008. Not contested by the State.