On July 23, 2004, the Twentieth Prosecutor ordered the opening of the investigation, “[h]aving seen the newspaper article published in the Diario el Siglo” on June 29, 2004.305 The same day the Investigation Unit requested the personal data, rank and administrative location of the three police officials mentioned in the complaint.306 On July 27, 2004, the Twentieth Prosecutor asked the Director of Internal Affairs of the Police to open an administrative inquiry against the officials who should be subjected to it. 307 217. In August 2004, the Twentieth Prosecutor interviewed Elbira Barrios and Jesús Ravelo; the former indicated that “forensic medicine” had not been carried out with either of them and associated the incident with the death of Narciso Barrios and the searches and theft of property in the homes that had taken place in November 2003. Mr. Ravelo handed over the bullet that had hit his vehicle the day of the incident.308 Between February 22 and 24, 2005, with the victims were interviewed, and to technical inspection of the vehicle was carried out by the police.309 218. On May 30, 2005, the Twentieth Prosecutor asked the Investigation Unit carry out several procedures,310 and the Fourteenth Prosecutor to advise whether proceedings were underway in relation to the alleged facts published in the Diario el Siglo on June 29, 2004, a request he reiterated on August 22, 2005; at that time he also requested information on whether the Fourteenth Prosecutor had received a bullet collected by the victims and whether he had ordered that ballistic testing be performed.311 Between August and December 2006, the Twentieth Prosecutor repeated his request for the logbooks, among other information.312 On December 12, 2006, two police officers charged in the case appeared before the Prosecutor, and a new date was set for the indictment on January 11, from the vehicle; (d) copy of the duty roster and log of the Barbacoas Police Station; (e) ballistic comparison of firearms carried by the officials accused, and (f) the arrest of two police officials. 305 Cf. Order to open an investigation of the Twentieth Prosecutor of July 23, 2004 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folio 3464). 306 Cf. Note No. 9700-081-SDVC-4667 of the Investigation Unit of July 23, 2004 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folio 3466). This request was reiterated on February 23, 2005, cf. Note No. 9700-081-SDVC-1574 of the Investigation Unit of February 23, 2005 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folio 3473). 307 Cf. Note No. 05-F20-0062-04 of the Twentieth Prosecutor of July 27, 2004 (file of attachments to the Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folio 3468). 308 Cf. Decision of the Twentieth Prosecutor of August 9 2004 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folios 3460 to 3462), and Testimony of Jesús Ravelo before the Twentieth Prosecutor on August 10, 2004 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 5, folios 3470 and 3471). 309 Cf. Records of interview with Elbira Barrios, Gustavo José Ravelo, Luisa del Carmen Barrios, Jesús Eduardo Ravelo, and Oscar José Barrios of February 22, 23 and 24, 2005, supra notes 79 and 80, folios 3438 to 3458, and Record of police technical inspection 288 of the Investigation Unit of February 24, 2005 (merits file, tome I, folio 236). It records the existence of a hole in the rear license plate. 310 Namely: (a) interviews with the victims and possible witnesses; (b) photographic identification of the perpetrators by witnesses; (c) certified copy of the record of the appointment and acceptance of the post by authorities possibly implicated, and copy of the logbook, and (d) request for results on the presumed bullet submitted by the victim that had been sent to the microanalysis department. Cf. Official letter No. 05-F20-0942-05 of the Twentieth Prosecutor of May 30, 2005 (file of attachment to Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folio 3477). 311 Cf. Notes No. 05-F20-0943-05 and No. 05-F20-1399-05 of the Twentieth Prosecutor of May 30 and August 22, 2005 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folio 3477). 312 Cf. Notes No. 05-F20-1400-05, No. 05-F20-1943-06 and No. 05-F20-2313-06 of the Twentieth Prosecutor of August 22, 2005, and September 27 and December 1, 2006 (file of attachments to the Commission’s Report No. 11/10, tome II, attachment 6, folios 3483, 3485 and 3487). 74