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also decided to impound the vehicle in which Eduardo José was transferred in the parking lot of the
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CTPJ’s Mariño office.
98.
A visual inspection of the body of Eduardo José Landaeta Mejías was carried out at
around noon and an autopsy was performed, in the course of which three projectiles were removed from
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his corpse and turned over to the police. It was also ordered that these projectiles be deposited in the
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Recovered Objects Room.
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99.
That same day, CSOP police officers Carlos Alexander Rojas
and Carlos Andrés
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Requena
CSOP appeared at the CTPJ and reiterated the version contained in the police report
regarding the interception of the vehicle in which they were transferring Eduardo José Landaeta Mejías
by persons with their faces covered, the disarming of the officers, the shots fired at Eduardo José
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Landaeta Mejiás, and the wounding of officer Freddy Antonio Blanco. It was also decided to summon
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officer Freddy Antonio Blanco Pérez.
100.
It should also be mentioned that at the time of the death of Eduardo José Landaeta
Mejías, officers Carlos Alexander Rojas, Carlos Andrés Requena, and Freddy Blanco Pérez, were serving
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as constables of the General Command of the Public Order and Security Corps.
Procedures carried out in 1997
101.
On January 1, 1997, the CTPJ decided to send a memorandum to the Criminalistics
Laboratory requesting a legal examination and hematology test on a piece of gauze recovered at the
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scene that was impregnated with a reddish-brown substance.
102.
On January 2, 1997, the CTPJ decided to send a memorandum to the Criminalistics
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Laboratory requesting that it carry out a “special activation” on the red Fiat car, license plate DAF-91Z.
103.
On January 3, 1997, the CTPJ decided to: i) send a memorandum to the Fingerprint
Department requesting the fingerprints of the corpse of Eduardo José Landaeta Mejías, in order to
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determine his true identity; ii) send a memorandum to the Criminalistics Laboratory requesting that it
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 58 and 59. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief
with observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, page 61 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with
observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, page 62 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with
observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 25. Statement of Carlos Alexander Rojas Alvarado to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, December 31,
1996. (Appendix 2 to the initial petition received on April 24, 2006).
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Appendix 26. Statement of Carlos Andrés Requena Mendoza to the Judicial Police Technical Corps, December 31,
1996 and (Appendix 2 to the initial petition received on April 24, 2006).
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Appendixes 25 and 26. Statements of Carlos Alexander Rojas Alvarado and Carlos Andrés Requena Mendoza to the
Judicial Police Technical Corps, December 31, 1996 (Appendix 2 to the initial petition received on April 24, 2006).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, page 67 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with
observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 9, 10, and 13 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’
brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 69 and 70 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief
with observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 71 and 72 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief
with observations on merits of July 18, 2007).
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Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 73 and 74 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief
with observations on merits of July 18, 2007).