A/HRC/45/CRP.11 remove Nicolás Maduro from power. I refuse to give up. I refuse to kneel in front of those who want to break our morale. Today I can speak from here, tomorrow I do not know”.1213 602. On the same day, President Maduro made a statement at a press conference, in which he accused Juan Requesens and former National Assembly president, Julio Borges, of involvement in the drone attack.1214 President Maduro presented a video in which an alleged co-conspirator, Juan Carlos MonasterioVanegas, said he had recived a text message from Juan Requesens offering assistance to cross the Venezuela/Colombia border. Mr. Monasterios’ face was blurred in the video and he appeared to be handcuffed.1215 603. At around 8 p.m on 7 August 2018, over ten SEBIN officers entered Juan Requesens’ residence, east of Caracas. They were heavily armed, most of them with their faces covered. They did not identify themselves or present any warrant. Despite having parliamentary immunity, Juan Requesens was arrested with his sister Rafaela Requesens. SEBIN officers immobilized them and removed them from the building by force. The arrest was recorded on security camera footage made public two days later.1216 604. The SEBIN officers took Juan and Rafaela Requesens to SEBIN headquarters in El Helicoide. They separated them and confiscated their phones.1217 SEBIN officers took photos of them and demanded their smartphone passwords. Rafaela was released at 11 p.m., three hours after her arrest. A SEBIN officer threatened her saying that, should she file a complaint, he would bring her back again.1218 605. Mr. Requesens´s fate and whereabouts were unknown for over 100 hours between 7 and 12 August 2018. Family members visited El Helicoide on numerous occasions but SEBIN officers denied any information on Mr. Requesens. 1219 606. On 7 August 2018, National Constituent Assembly president Diosdado Cabello tweeted that, “tomorrow at 11 a.m., we will be having a session at the sovereign National Constituent Assembly. The only point on the agenda: lifting parliamentary immunity from deputies involved in the assassination of President Maduro. Justice is coming and it is coming with everything”.1220 607. On 8 August 2018, Mr. Requesens’ family filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas, claiming among other things that Mr. Requesens had been enforcibly disappeared. They did not receive any response to the complaint.1221 608. That same day, Attorney General Tarek William Saab, confirmed publicly that he had requested removal of Mr. Requesens’ parliamentary immunity. 1222 He said that Mr. Requesens was arrested in flagrante delicto for allegedly committing crimes of a permanent nature.1223 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 YouTube Video, VTI TV, Venezuela - AN condenó enfáticamente persecución a José Manuel Olivares – VPItv, 7 August 2018, minute 7.19, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWunHOk-rVU YouTube Video, El Pistazo, Maduro responsabiliza a los diputados Borges y Requesens por atentar contra su vida, 7 August 2018, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9z2qsaBPKE YouTubeVideo, Luigini Bracci Roa, Testimonio de Juan Carlos Monasterios, presunto involucrado en atentado con drones contra Maduro, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjRVirP91k YouTube Video, Jose Molina, Juan Requesens y su hermana Rafaela detenidos por el sebin, 9 August 2018, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCcsSYP4UhM Mission Interview with Rafaela Requesens on 18 May 2020. Ibid. Ibid. https://twitter.com/dcabellor/status/1027006029391966208?s=20 Informe sobre la detención de Juan Requesens MEP/335/2018, p. 6, available at: https://www.parlamentomercosur.org/innovaportal/file/15620/1/mep-335-2018.pdf YouTube Video, Luigini Bracci Roa, Rueda de prensa del Fiscal Tarek William Saab: 19 vinculados en atentado contra Maduro, 8 August 2018, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il78lgpVhnA Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela art .44, Criminal Procedure Code art.234. 135