12 lived with his mother, Maria Mejías, and his brother, Igmar Alexander. This abuse by the police got to the point where, when there was no one home, they would force open the door, break the windows, and get in through the roof to search the house. Those policemen were identified by Eduardo José’s mother as Francisco Alberto Castillo Matute, Andrés José Castillo García, Carlos Julio Zacarías Moreno, a brother of the last officer named Omar Zacarías Moreno (this citizen was not a police officer), and others whose name is unknown. DEATH THREAT. At the beginning of November 1996, two police officers, identified as Francisco Alberto Castillo Matute and Andrés José Castillo García, arrived at the home of the deceased and told his mother that when they managed to catch Eduardo José they were going to kill him, or kill his brother, Igmar Alexander, or kill both brothers at the same time, and that she could report them if she wanted. María told me what had happened and I told her to go to the Judicial Police Technical Corps and report those policemen. She did so, but when she arrived at the office to file the complaint, the official who saw her told her that the complaint would not be admitted because the persons she was reporting were police 28 officers and they were allowed to act like that.” C. The death of Igmar Alexander Landaeta Mejías on November 17, 1996 63. Igmar Alexander Landaeta Mejías died on November 17, 1996, at the age of 18 in the Mariño Municipality, Aragua State, following an incident involving a number of men, who in the subsequent criminal proceeding were identified as CSOP police officers. According to the autopsy report, the cause of death was severe contusion of the brain and facial-cranial injury caused by a firearm 29 projectile. 64. Having reviewed the record, the Commission finds that there are two versions of the circumstances surrounding the death of Igmar Alexander Landaeta Mejías. 65. On one hand, there are several witness accounts that indicate that on the afternoon of 30 the day he died Igmar Alexander Landaeta Mejías was in the company of another person when he was 31 intercepted by a vehicle. The men in plain clothes who were in the vehicle told him to stop, which prompted Igmar Alexander to run, whereupon he fell to the ground because he had been struck in the 32 back by a bullet. As he lay on the ground, two men got out of the vehicle and one of them shot 33 Alexander in the face with a firearm, after the youth asked him not to kill him. As this was happening the 28 Appendix 10 to the initial petition received on April 24, 2006. Brief presented on October 11, 2005 to the Directorate of Procedural Action of the Office of the Attorney General. 29 Appendix 11. Autopsy No. 872-96. Judicial Police Technical Corps. Medical Examiner’s Office. November 19, 1996 (Appendix 11 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009). 30 Appendix 12. Testimony of Yaiksel Elizabeth Garrido Rodríguez to the Lower Court of the Municipalities of Santiago Mariño and Libertador, April 24, 1997 (Appendix 12 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); Appendix 13. Testimony of Yaiksel Elizabeth Garrido Rodríguez to the Sixth Criminal Court of First Instance, Auigust 6, 1998 (Appendix 13 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009). 31 Appendix 14. Complaint of Ignacio Landaeta Muñoz to the Director of Procedural Action of the Office of the Attorney General, October 11, 2005 (Appendix 6 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); Appendix 15. Statement of Vicmar Lovdinet Colmenares Acosta to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 9 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); Appendix 16. Statement of Francisca Acosta Jaspe to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 10 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); Appendix 17. Complaint to the Sixth Court of First Instance for Criminal Matters in and for Aragua State Judicial District, September 23, 1997 (Appendix 32 to the petitioners’ brief of August 14, 2009); and Appendix 18. Press report in El Aragüeño, Maracay, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 19 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009). 32 Appendix 12. Testimony of Yaiksel Elizabeth Garrido Rodríguez to the Lower Court of the Municipalities of Santiago Mariño and Libertador, April 24, 1997 (Appendix 12 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); and Appendix 18. Statement of Adeisa de la Trinidad Moffi García to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 7 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009). 33 Appendix 18. Statement of Adeisa de la Trinidad Moffi García to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 7 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); Appendix 16. Statement of Francisca Acosta Jaspe to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 10 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009); and Appendix 15. Statement of Vicmar Lovdinet Colmenares Acosta to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, November 18, 1996 (Appendix 9 to the petitioners' brief of August 14, 2009).