said that he was “in overall command” and that in view of “the attitude of Policeman Valencia, who was going through the streets shooting, [he] ordered the officers who were at the police station at the time, the yellow Dodge pickup, an NCO, and six policemen to go out and try to find him.” He said that “[his] orders were to find him and bring him to the police station.” 56. According to Policeman Luis Alfredo Verdezoto Rodríguez, 17 after receiving the order to pursue Mr. Valencia, “Second Lieutenant Cabezas proceeded to relieve him of the rifle that he had slung over his shoulder.” He said that he asked the second Lieutenant "why [he was] taking [his] rifle" and "he did not reply." He clarified that Lieutenant Cabezas “acted violently,” “since he snatched it from [him] from behind and, without explaining why he was taking [his] rifle, hurriedly boarded patrol car ST-17.” 57. Patricia Alexandra Trujillo Esparza,18 Mr. Valencia’s widow, said that Lieutenant Cabezas, armed with a rifle, and Second Lieutenant Piedra, who had a pistol, came to her house. She said that there was bad blood between Mr. Valencia and Captain Joofre Venegas because "Captain Venegas had been the Chief of the CIDG were [her] husband had worked and that soon after he was transferred to the Urban Service.” She said that, at her residence, Second Lieutenant Piedra Meza expressly threatened to murder Mr. Valencia, saying, “That bastard Valencia is dead because he's going to die by my hand” and that he had “wanted to shoot at the door” but her sister had not let him. With respect to this fact, Mr. Cabezas, who had gone along on that errand, said that he did not hear Mr. Piedra make any such a threat “because a large mass of locals had gathered.”19 For his part, Mr. Piedra Meza stated that "at no time did [he] have any conversation or exchange any such words with any of the policeman's relatives."20 58. According to the report of the Chimborazo Police Commandant, “after it was confirmed that […] he was not there and as the patrol cars were preparing to go somewhere else, an unidentified citizen stated that the Policeman, intoxicated and with a revolver in his hand, was making his way through the Santa Martha neighborhood," so they went there "immediately and the occupants of the two patrol cars got out to continue the chase on foot, eventually arriving at the facilities of the Tennis Club sports complex.” 21 59. What follows is a compilation of the available statements regarding the arrival of the policemen Cabezas and Piedra at the Tennis sports complex: - The child Franklin Antonio García Espinoza 22 stated that he was 17 years old and that he had been playing there when he “heard shouts saying, ’Stop right there, Valencia. We aren’t going to do anything to you. Give yourself up,’ and [he] heard shots coming from the avenue, which got louder when they came in to the tennis club car park. [...] [T]hen , Corporal Luis Valencia entered the club's facilities, sidling along the wall, and you could see that he had a revolver in his left hand.” 17 Appendix 5. Police report of Luis Alfredo Verdezoto Rodriguez. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 18Appendix 3. Preliminary hearing statement of Patricia Alexandra Trujillo Esparza. August 18, 1993, and Testimony of Patricia Alexandra Trujillo Esparza. November 16, 1993. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 19 Appendix 6. Testimonies of Hernán Cabezas Gallegos. March 9, 1993, and December 20, 1993. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 20 Appendix 7. Testimony of Luis Piedra Meza. November 16, 1993, and Additional Testimony of Luis Piedra Meza, August 22, 1996. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 21Appendix 4. National Police of Ecuador. National Bureau of Investigations, Report 1887-OID-CH., December 17, 1992. Appendix 9 to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011. 22 Appendix 8 Testimony of Franklyn Antonio García Espinosa. December 16, 1993. Appendix to the State’s communication of February 7, 2011, received at the IACHR on February 14, 2011.