A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Ledezma remaining under house arrest. The court refused to allow Mr. Ledezma’s wife to attend the preliminary hearing.913 414. On 30 July 2017, Mr. Ledezma released a video on Facebook criticizing the National Constituent Assembly elections.914 Two days later, before dawn on 1 August 2017, more than 60 SEBIN officers surrounded his building and took him back to Ramo Verde. Mr. Ledezma informed the Mission that they injured his foot while pulling him away. 915 415. The detention was ordered by the Sixth Court of Control, which revoked house arrest, alleging that Mr. Ledezma was planning to escape.916 Mr. Ledezma was taken back to Ramo Verde and held again with Leopoldo López. He was detained for three days in the cell known as “El Tigrito”, a narrow space with no toilet or light. 917 On 4 August 2017, he returned to house arrest. 416. On 17 November 2017, Mr. Ledezma managed to escape and fled to Colombia before leaving for Spain where he remained at the time of writing.918 The Charges 417. According to Mr. Ledezma and his lawyers, his detention was arbitrary and politically motivated. They told the Mission that the charges were based on false accusations, manipulated information and unfounded legal arguments. 919 Mr. Ledezma believes his arrest resulted from a publication he made jointly with Maria Corina Machado and Leopoldo López on 12 February 2015 calling for a transitional Government.920 418. Other political detainees have given statements that prosecutors offered them incentives for implicating Mr. Ledezma in the crimes for which he stands accused. Rodolfo González’s lawyer told the Mission that prosecutor Katherine Haringhton had offered his client procedural benefits in exchange for a statement against Mr. Ledezma. 921 Two other former detainees, student leader Lorent Saleh and retired lieutenant colonel José Francisco Arocha, provided similar statements when testifying before the OAS. Lorent Saleh also 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 104 Maduradas, ¡NO CESAN LOS ABUSOS! Niegan el acceso a Mitzy de Capriles a la audiencia de Antonio Ledezma, 15 February 2016, available at: https://maduradas.com/no-cesan-los-abusosniegan-el-acceso-a-mitzy-de-capriles-a-la-audiencia-de-antonio-ledezma/ Written information submitted by Mr. Ledezma to the Mission on 26 May 2020. Ibid. A message appeared on the Facebook page of the Supreme Court dated 1 August 2017 regarding a purported escape plan organized by Antonio Ledezma jointly with Leopoldo López. It also indicated that one of the conditions for the house arrest imposed to Mr. Ledezma was the prohibition to issue public statements. https://www.facebook.com/TSJVenezuela/photos/a.1431172463657220.1073741828.1390972677677 199/1454139021360564/?type=3&theater See also, BBC, Venezuela: excarcelan al opositor Antonio Ledezma, quien vuelve al arresto domiciliario, 4 August 2017, available at: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-40826267 See Panam Post, Así es vivir en Ramo Verde, la cárcel preferida de Nicolás Maduro para sus más incómodos presos políticos, 24 August 2017, available at: https://es.panampost.com/sabrinamartin/2017/08/23/asi-es-vivir-en-ramo-verde-la-carcel-preferida-de-nicolas-maduro-para-sus-masincomodos-presos-politicos/ El Mundo, Antonio Ledezma vuela a Madrid tras huir de Caracas, 17 November 2017, available at: https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2017/11/17/5a0ef061268e3e3a558b4623.html Written information submitted by Mr. Ledezma to the Mission on 26 May 2020. Alba Ciudad, Este es el documento que María Corina Machado, Ledezma y López iban a usar como «señal» para iniciar el ataque, 12 February 2015, available at: https://albaciudad.org/2015/02/este-esel-documento-que-maria-corina-machado-ledezma-y-lopez-iban-a-usar-como-senal-para-iniciar-elataque/; Alba Ciudad, El «Acuerdo para la Transición» de Machado, Ledezma y López: Lo que dice, y lo que no dice, 19 February 2015, available at: https://albaciudad.org/2015/02/lo-que-realmentedice-el-acuerdo-para-la-transicion-de-maria-corina-machado-ledezma-y-lopez/; See also, 2001 Online, Denuncian que comunicado de la oposición está vinculado con plan golpista, 19 February 2015, available at: https://www.2001online.com/en-la-agenda/90707/denuncian-que-comunicado-dela-oposicion-esta-vinculado-con-plan-golpista.html Mission interview with Joel Garcia on 20 June 2020. On 12 March 2015, Mr. González was found dead in his cell in SEBIN Helicoide, apparently from suicide.