A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Operational Logistics 1033. The Mission has conducted an extensive review of 78 statements by high-level Government officials providing information about the results of the operations carried out.1834 The operations involved the deployment of considerable human and logistical resources. In July 2016, the Minister of the Interior said that 95,021 police and military officials had participated in operations up to that date.1835 1034. The Mission verified and reviewed 54 videos of OLPs, in which vehicles bearing insignia of PNB, SEBIN, CICPC, DGCIM and GNB, light armoured vehicles and motorcycle police are visible, though not always at the same time.1836 In some, snipers were visible on roofs of houses.1837 Unarmed 420 Bell, AS-350 Ecureuil and AS 332 Super Puma helicopters from the GNB and SEBIN, as well as GNB boats, were used in some of the operations. 1838 Shaanxi Y-8 type military aircraft was employed at the Colombian-Venezuelan border in the state of Táchira to airlift troops.1839 Security forces were armed with various kinds of weapons. They carried short firearms (Beretta 92CF and 92FS pistols, FN Browning GP-35 pistols, Glock 17 with long ammunition loaders) and long firearms (Colt M-4A1, Cavim Orinoco II-type rifles with silencer and H&K MP5, with and without silencer, AK-104 assault rifles, some with laser sights). 1035. The OLPs were launched as a national security policy and were implemented in 19 out of 24 states.1840 Of the cases reviewed by the Mission, the majority took place in the Caracas metropolitan area (26) and the states of Miranda (18) and Carabobo 1841 (14). Other states in which OLPs/OLHPs were carried out included Bolívar (12); Anzoátegui (8); Portuguesa (7); Aragua (6); Nueva Esparta (6); Táchira (5); Falcón (5); Zulia (5); Lara (5); Monagas (4); Barinas (3); Mérida (3); Cojedes (3); Trujillo (3); Apure (2); Vargas (2); Sucre (1); Amazonas (1) and Yaracuy (1). 1036. A common pattern is that the OLPs began during the earlier hours of the morning, often before dawn, and that security forces blocked off the streets of neighbourhoods so that people were unable to enter or leave. In some cases, the security forces had their faces 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 204 Mission compilation of 54 videos and official statements (18 statements by Ministers of the Interior Gustavo González López or Néstor Reverol Torres, 26 by President Nicolás Maduro and 34 by other police or military officials), on file with the Mission. YouTube Video, Globovisión Videos, González López aseguro que 82% de la población aprueba la OLP, 13 June 2016, minute 1:02, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRKHlQWqigU. Mission compilation of 54 videos and official statements (containing 18 statements by Ministers of the Interior Gustavo González López or Néstor Reverol, 26 by President Nicolas Maduro and 34 by other police or military officials), on file with the Mission. TVS Pueblo, Operation for the Liberation and Protection of the People #Cota905, 14 July 2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ffeqCKJRI. La Patilla, This was the operation in COTA 905, 13 July 2015, minute 0:35, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwj7G5FJlI. Noticias Globovisión, 17 detained and 4 killed leaves OLP in Carabobo, minute 0:34, 12 August 2015, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31g327. State Government of Táchira, Contingent of paratroopers join the special OLP at the border, 21 August 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdGpU3BPDiA. Sucreranda Hugo Chávez Venezuela, “FANB Venezuela. OLP on the border in Táchira. Persecution to the paramilitary terrorists of Los Urabeños”, 29 August 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P23JXd-lGlI. MIJP Venezuela, OLP: 90 days of liberated zones and protected people, 13 October 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr7GuyOdzn0. Producción Carabobo, 29 1 16 support to the OLP Mañonguito, 29 January 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5kKLCcH7lI. Globovisión Videos, OLP in Caracas ends up with more than 100 undocumented people detained, 10 May 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ni5MF_8lAk. Noticias TNT, 4000 men make up OLP operation at the border, 21 August 2015, minute 0:20, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akY8zbZwzSA. Public Prosecutor’s Office, Actuaciones del Ministerio Público relacionadas con los OLP (julio 2015marzo 2017), available at: https://es.scribd.com/document/360500346/Informe-del-MinisterioPublico-sobre-OLP-2017#from_embedAc. In the case of Carabobo, the OLPs were endorsed by the Legislative Council of the Carabobo state. Agreement no. 0045-2015 of the Legislative Council of the State of Carabobo of 21 July 2015, published in the Official Gazette No. 5372, 29 July 2015, art. 1.