A/HRC/45/CRP.11 who commanded colectivos of terror and armed children, so widows, leave the mess!” 1393 Ms. González had also issued sarcastic tweets about high-ranking Government officials, including Diosdado Cabello, Tarek William Saab and Delcy Rodríguez.1394 Arrest 714. At around 6 p.m. on 3 October 2014, two plainclothes SEBIN officers went to Ms. González’s home with printed copies of her tweets about Robert Serra. They presented her with a citation to appear at SEBIN Strategic Investigations Offices in Maracaibo. Ms. González refused, as the citation was improperly dated. Instead, she published the citation on her Instagram account1395 and tweeted that SEBIN officers had visited her residence.1396 715. The following day, 4 October 2014, uniformed SEBIN officers went to Ms. González’s elderly father’s business and threatened to break down their door unless he compelled his daughter to go with them.1397 Out of concern for her parents, Ms. González accompanied the officers to the SEBIN office in Maracaibo. They seized her computer without a search warrant and spent two hours questioning her about her political affiliations, her tweets and her relationships with recently detained opposition leaders.1398 716. Around midnight, officers told her she was under arrest for her tweets. She was held in SEBIN Maracaibo for four days, sleeping in a small waiting room. Initial Court Appearance 717. On 7 October 2014, Ms. González was presented before Judge Naemi Pompa Rendón, of the Thirteenth Maracaibo Court of Control, and charged with public incitement, outrage against a public official and violent outrage.1399 Ms. González apologized for the contents of her tweets and requested non-custodial precautionary measures, but the judge ordered pretrial detention.1400 Ms. González told the Mission that the prosecutor requested her transfer to Caracas, but the judge agreed to detain her in Maracaibo so she could continue medical treatment there.1401 She again spent the night in the SEBIN Maracaibo offices. 718. On 8 October 2014, a SEBIN commissioner told her the Government wanted her transferred. Three officers drove Ms. González to Caracas where she was processed in El Helicoide by Commissioner “Pachuco”. The commissioner asked her if she was “sexually 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 Diario Las Americas, Maduro encarcela a tuiteros por mensajes políticos, 26 November 2014, available at: https://www.diariolasamericas.com/maduro-encarcela-tuiteros-mensajes-politicosn2811334. In 2012, Ms. González had also circulated a photo of Mr. Serra allegedly in the company of a member of one of the collectives, who was later arrested: https://fuerachavez.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/el-dato-difunden-fotografia-de-diputado-serra-junto-amiembro-de-la-piedrita-detenido/. Armando Info, Inesita Terrible y su fórmula para terminar en la cárcel, 1 August 2015, https://armando.info/Reportajes/Details/295. https://www.instagram.com/p/ttivKJAIWv/. Ms. González’s Twitter account (@inesitaterrible) has since been suspended due to violating Twitter’s terms of service. Her Tweets were published in other media, however. See, for example: http://atodomomento.com/nacionales/ella-es-inesitalaterrible-presa-por-pensar-distinto/. Mission Interview with Inés González in June 2020. Ibid. Criminal Code, arts 223, 224 and 285 (“ 223: “S/he who offends, through words or acts, the honor, reputation or decorum of a member of the National Assembly, or a public official, will be punished in the following manner, if the act has taken place in his or her presence and due to his or her functions: […] 2. If the offense was directed against a member of the National Assembly or a public official, a sentence of one month to one year, according to the category of the aforementioned persons”. Article 224: “If the act foreseen in the preceding article has been accompanied with violence or threats, it will be punished with prison between three and 18 months”. Article 285: “S/he who publicly encourages disobedience to the laws or hate between inhabitants, or commits an apology for an act that the law considers a crime, in a manner that endangers public tranquility, shall be punished with prison between three and six years”. YouTube Video, NTN24, Madre de tuitera venezolana detenida por hablar de Robert Serra pide perdón para su hija, 31 October 2014, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEGd5JrpQAo. Mission Interview with Inés González on 26 June 2020. 155