storeroom that housed the weapons assigned to the officers; iii) coordinate this investigation with the CICPC of the State of Zulia, and iv) order an expert assessment of the bullet trajectory.86 67. On September 16, 2003, the CICIPC requested the collaboration of General Commander Rodríguez León in carrying out these procedures. 87 On November 25, 2003, the Seventh Prosecutor asked the Chief of the CICPC to report on whether the procedures requested on September 12, 2003 were carried out. 88 68. On December 15, 2003, the Seventh Prosecutor asked the Commander General Rodríguez León to send “as soon as possible” to the CICPC of Coro the weapons assigned to the officers involved in the incident in which Néstor José Uzcátegui died. 89 On December 23, 2004, the Prosecutor ordered him to provide, within 15 days, a certified copy of the weapons assigned to the aforementioned police officers.90 69. On March 29, 2005, the CICPC of Falcón informed the Seventh Prosecutor’s Office that it had not been able to carry out a ballistics test to compare the firearm and the fragments recovered from the scene, as requested by the Prosecutor’s Office (supra para. 67), since the weapon had been forwarded to the Weapons Department of the CICPC in Caracas.91 Similarly, it reported that it had been unable to carry out the ballistics test on the weapons carried by the police officers, as these had not been provided by the Police Headquarters.92 70. On June 9, 2005, the Seventh Prosecutor again requested that the CICPC of Coro carry out the following complementary procedures in order to complete the investigation: i) appoint a commission of officials qualified to carry out a reconstruction of the events and survey the crime scene; ii) summon the seven police officers and the family members present on the day of the incident to appear at the scene of the events, and iii) provide a photographic record of the crime scene and of the evidence. 93 86 Cf. Official letter No. FAL-7-0540-03, cited by the petitioners in their brief of March 14, 2007 and not disputed by the State (Evidence file, volume 2, page 968). 87 Cf. Official letter number illegible of September 16, 2003 addressed to Commander General Oswaldo Antonio Rodríguez León, signed by Johny Márquez Parra, Sub Chief Commissioner of the Delegation State Falcón (Evidence file, volume 2, page 942). 88 Cf. Official letter No. FAL 7-0540-03 addressed to the Chief of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Unit of the State of Falcón, signed by Attorney Roldan Di Toro Méndez, Seventh Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, State of Falcón (Evidence file, volume 2, page 968). 89 Cf. Official letter FAL-7-0745-03 of December 15, 2003 addressed to Commander General of the Armed Police Forces of the State of Falcón, signed by Attorney Roldán Di Toro Méndez, Seventh Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Falcón (Evidence file, volume 2, page 972). 90 Cf. Official letter FAL-905-04 of December 23, 2004, addressed to Commander General of the Armed Police Forces of the State of Falcón, signed by Roldán Di Toro Méndez, Seventh Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Falcón (Evidence file, volume 1, page 366). 91 Cf. Official letter 9700-060 of March 29, 2005 addressed to Seventh Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Falcón signed by the Chief Commissioner of the Sub-Office for Falcón, TSU Marcos Marín Perozo (Evidence file, volume 1, page 367). 92 Cf. Official letter 9700-060 of March 29, 2005 addressed to the Seventh Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Falcón signed by the Chief Commissioner of the Sub-Delegation of Falcón, TSU Marcos Marín Perozo (Evidence file, volume 1, page 367). 93 Cf. Official letter Nº FAL-7-514-05 Seventh Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, State of Falcón (Evidence file, volume 1, page 290, and volume 7, page 3536). 19