49 . 179. However, in another statement offered by the Commission, unlike in the previously mentioned statements, Mrs. Ríos did not mention that the captain referred to her personal information, but instead she said she had concluded that based on the fact that the individual worked at the Intelligence Department of Miraflores, where, she stated, her life history can be found, including information on her and her family. In this statement Mrs. Ríos referred to her attempt to complain to the captain’s superior: she indicated that she spoke with the head of security of the Palace of Miraflores, who told her that in fact that was not a policy of the officials of the Military House and he recommended “she place the complaint in the press.” The Court also takes into account that in a video offered by the Commission the alleged victim can be observed complaining to another person regarding these facts.153 180. The representatives stated that on April 18, 2002 the verbal attacks were denounced and two days later the summons of the alleged attacker was requested. The 50° Public Prosecutors’ Office at a National Level with Full Competence joined this case with the others in which the journalist Luisiana Ríos was allegedly also a victim. On January 18, 2006, the Public Prosecutors’ Office requested the dismissal of the complaint regarding this fact, 154 and on February 21, 2006 the 50° Court of Control Tasks of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas ordered the dismissal of the case because the criminal action had expired. 155 It has been verified that there was unjustified procedural inactivity in this investigation for more than three years and a half (infra para. 318). 181. The Court considers that sufficient evidentiary elements have not been provided for it to verify that Luisiana Ríos was verbally attacked or intimidated by a soldier in the circumstances described. * * * 182. The Commission argued that on April 19, 2002 the cameraman Argenis Uribe was beaten and verbally attacked upon identifying himself as part of the personnel of the RCTV television station, when he was detained by personnel of the Brigade of Vigilantes of Expressways (VIVEX) of the Ministry of Infrastructure. The representatives mentioned that he was verbally attacked when he was detained because of a traffic violation. 183. The representatives indicated that this fact was denounced on April 19, 2002 before the 2 and 74 Sections of the Public Prosecutors’ Office, because of the physical and verbal attacks against Mr. Uribe.156 Even though the representatives stated that the 50 Public Prosecutors’ Office had requested the dismissal of the case, which had been ordered on October 10, 2007 by the 32° First Instance Court of Control Tasks of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas, based on the expiration of the criminal action,157 the State informed that the 153 Cf. video labeled Luisiana Ríos (appendix 32 to the brief of pleadings, motions, and evidence). 154 Cf. Request for discontinuance and dismissal by the 50° National Public Prosecutors’ Office with Full Jurisdiction of January 18, 2006 (dossier of evidence, volume XXVII, folios 9450-9468). 155 Cf. Order of discontinuance of the 50° First Instance Criminal Court in Duty Controls of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the Judicial District of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas on February 21, 2006 (dossier of evidence, volume XXVII, folios 9470-9476). 156 According to the representatives it was not possible to obtain a copy of the complaint despite the fact that it was requested to the Public Prosecutors’ Office. 157 Cf. final arguments of the representatives (dossier of evidence, volume VIII, folio 2494).

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