43 seeking to prove the existence of complementary facts that are significant for the decision on measures of reparation. The Court has examined those elements, as well as the arguments of the parties, and considers the following facts to be proven: General Facts 66.1. on February 27, 1989 an unspecified number of persons began a series of disturbances in the city of Guarenas, State of Miranda, as a consequence of an increase in urban transportation fares and non-recognition of the preferential student fare by the Executive. Said disturbances subsequently extended to other zones of the metropolitan area of Caracas;28 66.2. on February 28, 1989 the Executive issued Decree No. 49, ordering suspension of several guarantees set forth in the Venezuelan Constitution.29 In the following days, a curfew was imposed.30 During the state of emergency, the security bodies of the State (the Metropolitan Police, the National Guard and the Army) conducted a number of operations seeking to repress the riots,31 and a secret military plan called “Ávila” was put into Constitutional guarantees were reestablished on March 22, practice.32 1989;33 66.3. as a consequence of the events of February and March, 1989, according to official figures, 276 individuals died, many were wounded, several disappeared, and there were major material losses. This initial figure was questioned by the subsequent appearance of common graves.34 The vast majority of the deaths were caused by random shots fired by agents of the Venezuelan State or resulted from extra-judicial executions;35 and 66.4. in this case there was a common pattern marked by the disproportionate use of force by State agents, together with destruction and withholding of evidence, as well as the use of institutional mechanisms to ensure impunity regarding the facts.36 Burial of corpses in common graves: 66.5. during the February and March, 1989 events, the State ordered, through the Executive, the burial of an unspecified number of persons who died as a consequence of the events in this case, in common graves located 28 29 Cf. El Caracazo Case. November 11, 1999 Judgment. Series C. No. 58, para. 2 subparagraph b. Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph f. 30 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph g. 31 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph h. 32 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph j. 33 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph f. 34 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph i. 35 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph k. 36 Cf. El Caracazo Case, supra note 28, para. 2, subparagraph m.