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1242. According to documentary evidence consulted by the Mission, the PNB Anti-Drug
commission that helped implement the OLHP in the Cerro Grande sector, where the family’s
house was, consisted of 10 officers, under the coordination of a supervisor.2221
1243. The Mission accessed records in which the supervisor of the police operation reported
that, on 10 March 2017, his officers had spotted an unknown citizen, apparently C4FF24,
with a nervous and evasive attitude. When the officers shouted at him, he ran away, escaping
into a nearby house.2222
1244. According to his statement, C4FF24 was shot by one of the official “carrying the
regulation weapon, Beretta type pistol, model PX4 and using it to repel the illegal aggression
in order to protect his integrity and that of the third parties [...].”2223 When they stopped, they
realized that the subject was injured, so two other police officers on board the Toyota Hilux,
plate 3P00911, took him to the hospital. The police officer who shot and killed C4FF24
confirmed this version.2224 Both accounts differ from that of the family members, who said
that C4FF24 was in his room on his bed surrounded by police when police officers removed
them from the house.
1245. The Mission could corroborate that residents who had been in the vicinity that day
denied that a chase occurred during or after the arrest of C4FF24’s family.2225 Two witnesses
have stated that officials “were not chasing anyone, they were quietly deployed on all sides
and mounted by the bars of the houses”.2226
1246. The Mission established that the CICPC carried out a technical inspection of the crime
scene on 10 March 2017, after the shooting. Among the findings, there was a revolver-type
firearm, Smith and Wesson brand, model 36-1, calibre 38SPL, serial J938270, movable
bridge digits 63419, found in the living room.2227
1247. The Mission accessed documentary evidence corroborating that one of the 9mm
bullets found at the scene was fired from a Beretta pistol, model PX4STORM, serial order
PX1072M, a weapon registered at the central weapon storage facility and assigned to one of
the police officers on duty that day.2228 As for the Smith and Wesson revolver found in the
house, it had no police registration or application.2229 According to C4FF24’s relatives, the
family did not own that firearm, so they assumed that someone had planted it at the crime
scene.2230
1248. The autopsy report consulted by the Mission showed that C4FF24’s body presented
two wounds caused by the passage of a single bullet in the anterior thorax. The shots caused
perforations of his right lung lobe, the left ventricle of his heart, the abdominal aorta and the
spleen. The body also presented a fractured sternum, hemithorax and severe cerebral edema.
The cause of death was hypovolemic shock due to a gunshot wound to the chest. The
description of the wounds and lack of gunpowder marks on the teenager’s body suggested
that he was not shot at point blank range, but it was not possible to determine the distance
with certainty.2231
1249. A police officer who participated in events provided a statement, which is included in
the documentary evidence the Mission reviewed. According to this, C4FF24 was shot inside
the house, in the living room. It was not possible to ascertain the victim’s body position in
the crime scene at time of his death.2232
2221
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2232
Ibid.
Ibid.
Document C4FF14 on file with the Mission.
Ibid.
Document C4FF14 on file with the Mission.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Mission interview C4FF11 in May 2020.
Document C4FF14 on file with the Mission.
Ibid.
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