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Their claims were not true
http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140419/their-claims-were-not-true(note the chavista paramilitary that was killed in the early on in the protests was also a police officer but was participating along with the chaviista thugs and not as a police officer)
By 3pm, the march had already ceased and political and students leaders who took part in the demonstration were not in front of the Attorney General Office anymore. Notwithstanding, a group of youngsters decided to show their displeasure and frustration. Others were looking to spread over La Candelaria area. There is where 24-year-old Bassil Dacosta was murdered: he was shot at his head. And then the demonstration turned into chaos.
That same afternoon, another shot killed Juan Montoya. Better known as Juancho, Montoya was a member and spokesperson of Bureau of 23 de Enero neighborhood; he belonged to the Revolutionary Movement Group Carapaica and he was an officer of Metropolitan Police of Caracas (PM). When announcing his death during an event held in La Victoria (Aragua state) just before 4 pm, National Assembly Speaker Diosdado Cabello said that the "American imperialism which is seeking to take a firm grip on Venezuela" was the perpetrator of such violence occurred that day.
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Once on the floor, the guards took away his cellphone. They beat him up and took him with them. He got to Vargas Hospital with a brain injury as described by his sister. Some versions of the story indicate that the guards beat him even inside the hospital.
The pictures presented by Cabello on his own TV show were copied from Marquéz's Facebook account, and the gun he was holding was a sporting gun used by Márquez at a shooting practice called "airsoft," a sport he was fond of. Even the Venezuelan Federation of Airsoft publicly supported Márquez through a letter published in daily newspaper Últimas Noticias.
Members from NGO Venezuelan Foro Penal (Criminal Forum) assert that they count on evidence which proves that Márquez was beaten up during and after his detention: that is called torture.