State(s) Government reply Person(s) concerned Opinion Follow-up information received 13/2019 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yes Oscar Doval García, Detention arbitrary, Marco Tulio Ortega categories I and III Vargas, Jesús Guillermo Irausquín Herrera, Carlos Martín Lorenzo López, Liz Carolina Sánchez de Rojas, Teresa María de Prisco Pascale, Carmen Teresa Lorenzo Lander, Cosme Eduardo Betancourt Quarto, Pedro Pablo Pernía Madrid, David Antonio Romero Romero and Belinda Beatriz Omaña Payares None 14/2019 Mexico Yes Rafael Méndez Valenzuela Detention arbitrary, categories I, III and V The detention was carried out in accordance with the law, the competent judge handed down a conviction and Mr. Méndez Valenzuela is currently serving his sentence. Since 2017, there has been an ongoing investigation into the allegations of torture of the detainee. (Information from the Government.) 15/2019 China No (late) Yu Wensheng Detention arbitrary, categories I, II, III and V No action taken to implement the opinion. (Information from the source.) 16/2019 Nicaragua No Carlos Ramón Brenes Sánchez Detention arbitrary, categories I, II and III None 9 A/HRC/45/16 Opinion No.