deceased began shooting” and they told him that the captain whom he had shot earlier “was all right.” The policeman Cabezas specified that Mr. Valencia "fired the first shot.” 177. With regard to this version, the Commission considers it pertinent to note that the testimonies of the policemen involved cannot be weighed separately but should be assessed together with all the rest of the evidence in the record and in the light of the rules on the burden of proof under international human rights law, particularly in cases of alleged arbitrary use of force. In this connection, as far as the deployment of the operation was concerned, the following emerges from the rest of the testimonies regarding each step of the operation, from the moment it began to when they managed to establish where Mr. Valencia Hinojosa was and the moments immediately afterwards. a. - The moment at which police went to look for Mr. Valencia at his home According to the testimony of Patricia Trujillo Esparza, upon asking for Mr. Valencia at their home, Mr. Cabezas said, “That bastard Valencia is dead because he's going to die by my hand.” b. The moment at which Mr. Valencia arrived at the sports complex: - According to the testimony of Luis Alciviades Valdiviezo and Ana Teresa García Espinoza, after locating Mr. Valencia, Messrs. Cabezas and Piedra came after him shooting into the air and, according to Mr. Alciviades Valdiviezo and Ms. García Espinoza they were shouting at Mr. Valencia to give himself up and throw away the weapon. - Alciviades Valdiviezo said that, as they were pursuing him, "one dropped to the ground and continued firing, at the same time saying, ‘Drop the weapon, Valencia.’” And, “There was also another uniformed man who was shooting from the other side.” It was then that Mr. Valencia “entered, hugging the wall and went into [the] bedroom." - According to the testimony of Franklin Antonio García Espinoza, which was confirmed by Ana Teresa García Espinoza and by the version heard by Policeman Milton Patricio Ramírez Herrera, Lieutenant Piedra said to him, "Tell me where he went or I’ll kill you.” c. The moment after identifying the place (security guard's quarters) were Mr. Valencia was hiding: - Franklin Antonio García Espinosa said that Second Lieutenant Cabezas stayed where Lieutenant Piedra had “dropped the coat, so they started shooting at the room, while at the same time one of the policemen told [Mr. Valencia] to come out with his hands up and that nothing would happen to him.” He also said that "Policeman Valencia did not fire any shots from inside the bedroom; on the contrary, the shots were fired by Lieutenant Cabezas and Lieutenant Piedra.” - Luis Alciviades Valdiviezo said that he saw "a policeman with a rifle shooting at the front while another did so from the back.” - Ángel Geovanny said that “they were firing into the air.” - César Gonzalo Sánchez Salcán said that "they told [the policemen] that [Mr. Valencia] had gone into a room and then we heard some shots.” - Ana Teresa García Espinoza said that she "saw a man in a uniform lying on the ground, shooting at the room and that there was another uniformed man behind the room [...] and from then on the only thing you could hear was shooting.” - According to Franklin Antonio García Espinoza and Luis Alciviades Valdiviezo, the shooting went on for approximately five minutes.