A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Detentions 1179. Between 13 and 18 October 2016, FANB forces detained 35 men in Barlovento,2084 arresting people inside homes, from queues to buy food and public buses. 2085 Those arrested were all men. They were not presented in court for an initial court appearance. Twelve were later found dead in two different mass graves. The whereabouts of five were still unknown at the time of writing.2086 1180. Eight of the detainees were released: four on 21 October; the release date of the other four is unknown. Seven of the eight released men told family members that they had been tortured.2087 One managed to escape and appeared seriously injured in the state of Anzoátegui.2088 The Mission does not have information regarding 9 of the 35 people detained. 1181. The 12 men whose bodies were recovered had been detained between 15 and 18 October at different locations in the Acevedo municipality. According to then Interior Minister Néstor Reverol Torres, the detentions occurred in Capaya, Yaguapa, El Café, Cabural and Aramina towns.2089 1182. The detainees came from two seemingly unconnected groups. 2090 One was from El Café sector, some of whom knew each other, and another group from Aragüita area.2091 Based on an open sources review, the Mission gathered some information regarding names and dates of detention of 17 detaintees, who were later killed or disappeared. Table 6: Dates of detention of disappeared and deceased victims in Barlovento Date of detention Name Disappeared (X) Deceased (XX) 13 October 2016 Yulmar Renegifo X Wilmer Serrano X Andris Bandris X Jefferson Suárez X Carlos Gabriel Marchena Silva (detained with three other men released on 18 October) XX 15 October 2016 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 Public Prosecutor’s Office, Barlovento: informe sobre víctimas y hechos ocurridos en Barlovento: masacre a 12 personas, February 2017, p. 11, available at: https://lortegadiaz.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/12/barlovento-ultima-version4-16-05-2017.pdf. In its annual report for the year 2016, the Ombudsman reported that its delegate for the state of Miranda, in the complaint received on 21 October, received information about the alleged enforced disappearance of approximately 32 people. See also Defensoría del Pueblo, Informe anual 2016, p. 56, available at: http://www.defensoria.gob.ve/images/informes_anuales/INFORME_ANUAL_2016_Final.pdf. Document C4FF08 on file with the Mission. Document C4FF08 on file with the Mission. Document C4FF08 on file with the Mission. This person appeared alive after a few days in another state. He was shot in the leg and had allegedly been thrown into the Tuy River by some soldiers who believed him dead. Mission Interview C4FF09 in February 2020. Multimedio VTV, Detenidos militares vinculados a desapariciones de personas en Barlovento, minute 0:48, 26 November 2016, video on file with the Mission. Delsa Solórzano, En vivo con los familiares de las víctimas de la MASACRE de Barlovento, statement of the sister of one of the victims, minute 27:40, available at: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ZkJznbXPaWJv. See also VPI TV, Exclusivo: Habla madre del joven que sobrevivió a la masacre de Barlovento, minute 7:38, 30 November 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAQ8sknd-44. See also Caraota Digital.Net, Hablan los familiares de la masacre de Barlovento, 2 December 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ejKkchS1NA. Mission Interview C4FF09 in February 2020. 231