measures would have a duration of two months. The Court also indicated that Mr. González was not now considered a victim since the investigation of the attempt on his life had been closed.83 76. On March 30, 2004, Mr. González requested that the investigation be reopened and indicated that one of the persons responsible for the events of September 2001 was R.M. On July 28, 2004, an arrest warrant was ordered for Mr. R.M.84 77. In his statement before the Court, Belkis González asserted that, on December 21, 2004, Olimpiades González was attacked at gunpoint “by the [M.F.].”85 78. The Commission and the representatives pointed out that, at approximately 5 p.m. on December 11, 2006, Olimpiades González, after having been in the offices of the Public Ministry for reasons having to do with his situation, was returning home on public transportation. After getting off the bus, Mr. González entered a restaurant to order some food and a person named H.F. entered the restaurant and shot him three times in the back. Mr. González was taken to the Hospital Universitario, where he died.86 79. That same day, the Seventeenth Prosecutor’s Office on the National Level with Full Competence and the Eleventh of the Judicial Section of Zulia initiated an investigation into the death of Mr. González. During December 2006 and January 2007, various phases of the investigation were conducted.87 80. On March 16, 2007, the Prosecutor’s Office ordered several actions intended to clarify the events, such as: i) obtaining the autopsy of the deceased; ii) ordering and obtaining the medico-legal information; iii) conducting a ballistics test; iv) obtaining certified copies of his medical history; v) obtaining the bullets removed from the corpse, and vi) interviewing the witnesses.88 María Angélica González stated that she and members of her family “went to the Public Ministry to give their statements” and that Cf. Order 468-02 of the Eleventh Control Court of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of Zulia of July 12, 2002 (evidence file, Annex 16.2, fs. 349 to 351). 83 84 Cf. Communication of the State of February 17, 2015. 85 Cf. Written statement of Belkis Mirelis González before the Court. In his statement, referring to that and other events, he expressed that they “were some of the files that his brother was seeking.” Arianny Yosibel González described the events already related. She explained that the restaurant was only a few blocks from her home. She stated that the police arrived after the shots and tried to prevent her from going to her brother’s aid with the explanation that she should wait until the ambulance arrived, which she ignored. She stated that Olimpiades Gonzalez died on the operating table. (Cf. Written statement of Arianny Yosibel González González). Dan William Barliza González, in his oral testimony before the Court, as well as before the Commission (Communication of Dan William Barliza González of March 25, 2011, evidence file, Annex 17 of the Merits Report, fs. 353 to 355), described the events in a similar fashion. In his statement, Mr. Bariliza González informed that Maria Angélica González and Arianny Yosibel González were witnesses to what occurred. 86 Cf. Report of the General Prosecutor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Office of Fundamental Rights, of February 29, 2012 (evidence file, Annex 19 of the Merits Report, fs. 357 to 364). 87 Cf. Report of the General Prosecutor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Office of Fundamental Rights, of February 29, 2012. 88 21