disagreement with the State’s request that the Commission ratify that agreement because, in their opinion, it obeys national parameters alone. 28. The petitioners state that other cases involving military violence against the residents of Baborigame have come to the attention of the InterAmerican Commission, including the murder of Valentín Carrillo Saldaña, who was abducted and executed by a platoon of soldiers in 1996.6 Accordingly, precedents of violence and abuse against the local residents exist, as a result of the increased military presence.7 The petitioners ask that the IACHR proceed to adopt the report on admissibility.8 B. The State 29. The State claims that on the day the incident occurred, the army personnel involved were acting under the Federal Law of Firearms, Explosives, and Permanent Anti-Drug Trafficking Efforts: in other words, they were on active duty. 30. The State claims that preliminary investigation 23/98 and criminal proceeding 3779/98 indicate that on the day in question, the soldiers stopped a pick-up truck on the streets of Baborigame, Guadalupe y Calvo municipality, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, on August 22, 1998; that three civilians got out; and that as Mirey Trueba descended from the vehicle, he apparently dropped a firearm, quickly picked it up again, and hurried away from the area, shouting, “Don’t follow me or I’ll shoot,” on account of which infantry Lt. Col. Luis Raúl Morales Rodríguez discharged his service weapon. 31. The State claims that according to the crime report, Mirey Trueba’s death was due to an accident, since the soldier’s shots were not aimed at a target: the lieutenant colonel’s defense counsel adds that as it was dark, Morales Rodríguez could not see the alleged victim and so fired without having a specific mark.9 32. Regarding medical assistance, the State indicates that when the emergency services arrived on the scene, Mirey Trueba was taken in an ambulance to the local clinic in Baborigame, Chihuahua, but died en route. 6 Friendly Settlement Report No. 107/00, Case 11.808, Valentín Carrillo Saldaña, Mexico, December 4, 2000. 7 Communication from the petitioners dated December 17, received by the IACHR Executive Secretariat on December 20, 2004. 8 Petitioners’ communication of September 21, 2006. 9 Communication from the State of August 23, 2004, received at the Executive Secretary of the IACHR on August 24, 2004. 7