result of which the latter had been gunned down and transferred to the Tumero Type III
Outpatient Clinic. 93 Accordingly, four police agents went to the scene of the incident to
interview the persons who were in the area. 94
76. In addition, two investigators went to the Outpatient Clinic where they obtained Dr.
Velmar Quintero’s statement (supra para. 64). The investigators went to the morgue
where they inspected Igmar Landaeta’s corpse, which was then transferred to the
Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Judicial Police of the region of Aragua, so that the
respective autopsy could be performed. 95
77. At 7 p.m. the same day, a team from the Mariño Police Department inspected the
scene of the events, taking general and detailed photographs, and collecting a sample of
cotton with a reddish-brown substance. 96
78. On November 18, 1996, an investigator received from Ignacio Landaeta and José
Francisco Hernández Ramírez (eyewitness) a partially deformed piece of yellow lead and
six cartridges that had been collected at the scene of the events by civilians, and
forwarded them to the Technical Unit of the Judicial Police. 97
79. The same day, the Maracay Forensic Medicine Unit performed the autopsy of Igmar
Landaeta, determining that the cause of death was severe cerebral contusion resulting
from a facio-cranial gunshot wound (infra para. 133). 98
80. On November 19, 1996, the Mariño Police Department carried out an analysis of
gunpowder residue on Igmar Landaeta’s right hand, with positive results. 99
81. On November 20, 1996, the Investigation Division of the Mariño Police Department
forwarded to the Department’s Technical Division a .357 caliber revolver, four spent
cartridges and two cartridges that had not been fired (all .357 caliber), and six 9 mm
caliber cartridges and a piece of partially deformed lead, so that an expert appraisal
could be made. 100 In this regard, in a report of December 5, 1996, the Criminalistics
Laboratory confirmed that the .357 caliber cartridges corresponded to the revolver of the
same caliber. 101
93
Cf. Transcript of the logbook of November 17, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9100).
94
Cf. Testimony of agent Mohamed Roger of November 17, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio
9109).
95
Cf. Transcript of the logbook of November 17, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9100);
Testimony of agent Mohamed Roger of November 17, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9109), and
Testimony of agent Idelgar Farrera of November 17, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 9111 and
9112).
96
Cf. Testimony of agent Mohamed Roger of November 17, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio
9109), and inspection of November 16, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 9121 and 9122).
97
Cf. Police record of November 18, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folios 9132 and 9133); police
record of November 18, 1998 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9145); record of transfer of November 18,
1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9134), and receipt of transfer No. 254-96 of November 18, 1996
(annexes to the answering brief, folio 9147).
98
According to the autopsy, Igmar Landaeta was shot twice, and the bullets had different trajectories: (i)
the first with “entry hole [located in] the ninth back left intercostal space towards the internal scapular region
[and with] the exit hole [located in] the sixth right parasternal intercostal space, [its] trajectory was from back
to front, from above to below, from left to right, and (ii) the second with an “entry hole on the bridge of the
nose, with a halo of bruising around it, and a rough, irregular exit hole [in] the right parietal occipital region,
[its] trajectory was from front to back, from left to right, from above to below.” Cf. Autopsy of the corpse of
Igmar Landaeta of November 18, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9210).
99
Cf. Analysis of gunpowder residue of November 19, 1996 (annexes to the answering brief, folio 9322).
100
Cf. Memorandum of November 20, 1996, forwarding evidence for forensic testing (annexes to the
answering brief, folio 9208).
101
Cf. Forensic testing report and comparison of ballistics data of December 5, 1996 (annexes to the
answering brief, folios 9257 and 9258).
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