- Mr. Luis Alciviades Valdiviezo23, who was working on the Tennis Club courts, said that he heard some gunshots and then "a uniformed policeman appeared with a revolver in his hand, after which [he] saw two other people dressed in policemen's uniforms following him, one of whom had a rifle and the other a revolver. The latter were firing into the air. One of these two uniformed men got down on the ground and continued shooting while at the same time saying, ‘Throw down the weapon, Valencia' and he went on firing. There was also another uniformed man who was shooting from the other side. Then the man [Valencia] entered, hugging the wall and went into Julio Garcia's bedroom." As to whether Mr. Valencia was "repelling his pursuers with gunshots” as he was being chased, he replied that “Policeman Valencia had the revolver held up and kept moving forward without looking round to see, while several shots were heard behind." - The girl Ana Teresa García Espinoza24 stated that she was 16 years old and that she was in the Tennis Club complex when she "saw a person coming into the tennis club, moving along the walls of the room. He was wearing a green sweater ... and he went toward the bedroom ... and went inside it.” She said that "then [she] saw two policemen approaching, shooting; and one of them told us to get out of sight.” 60. After the policemen entered the sports complex, according to Franklin Antonio Garcia Espinoza, "one of the policemen told everyone, including [his] sister's co-workers to get down. He saw that his co-workers went to hide behind the steps and [he] alone stayed at the end of the steps approximately one block away.” He said that “Lieutenant Piedra came up and said to [him], ‘Tell me where he went or I’ll kill you,' so he told him that he was "in the room where [they] slept.” He said that “Lieutenant Piedra was holding a revolver and he called to Lieutenant Cabezas, saying, ‘Cabezas, he is hiding in the room.’” 61. With regard to the foregoing testimony, Mr. Piedra Meza said that he “[did] not know any minor by that name and that out of sheer principle and professionalism [he] would never have attempted or threatened any minor or citizen there.” With respect to the same fact, the policeman Milton Patrizio Ramirez Herrera,25 said that “he heard about that account of Second Lieutenant Piedra’s actions, so [he] ordered the two officers to go to the police station because families and friends of the deceased were trying to make trouble for them there. They also said that the two men were going after Policeman Valencia on foot and that the patrol car had dropped them off nearby.” According to the testimony of Ana Teresa García Espinoza, one of the policemen told her brother to tell him where Mr. Valencia was, “or else I’ll kill you,” to which her brother replied, “he must be inside.” 62. According to the reports of Second Lieutenant Piedra Meza and Lieutenant Cabezas, after ascertaining where Mr. Valencia was, they proceeded to surround the place "to prevent his escape.” They said that they then asked him "to surrender and give up the revolver," which he refused, saying that "if [they] approached he would kill [them] and that the only way they would get him out of there was dead." 26 The testimony of Luis Piedra Meza indicates that Mr. Luis Jorge Valencia was taking refuge in a guachimanía [security guard's quarters] and "it was then that the now deceased began shooting, whereupon [they] took cover in different places.” He said that they also told him that "nothing had happened to [the] Captain and that everything would be alright if he surrendered." 27 Similarly, Second Lieutenant Cabezas stated that although 23Appendix 9. Testimony of Luis Alcides Valdiviezo. December 16, 1993. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 24 Appendix 10. Testimony of Ana Teresa García Espinoza. December 16, 1993. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 25 Appendix 11. Testimony of Milton Patricio Ramírez Herrera. August 26, 1993. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. Additional Testimony of Milton Patricio Ramírez Herrera. January 17, 1994. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 26 Appendix 12. Reports by Police Second Lieutenants Luis Piedra Meza and Hernán Cabezas Gallegos. December 3, 1992. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 27 Appendix 7. Additional testimony of Luis Piedra Meza. August 22, 1996. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011.