A/HRC/45/CRP.11 977. Ms. Granadillo fled Venezuela on 11 July 2018. She has not been able to continue her medical studies and continues to suffer physical effects and psychological trauma from the ordeal. 978. The Mission contacted the Government requesting a status update in this case on 7 August 2020. At the time of writing, it had not received a response. Findings 979. Based on the facts above, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that Ariana Granadillo, Argenis Granadillo, Sorbay Padilla, and at least five other relatives, were subject arbitrary detention, to short term enforced disappearance and torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Additionally, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that sexual violence was perpetrated against Ariana Granadillo and Argenis Granadillo in the forms of sexual assault, threats to rape family members, and threats of genital mutilation, as part of the torture perpetrated against them. 980. DGCIM officers under the leadership of an official with the alias “Captain Santiago” were involved in the short term enforced disappearances and in the torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of all individuals. CASE 19: Karen Palacios (2019) 981. DGCIM occasionally arrested and detained civilians with no connections to military operations or personnel and held them in DGCIM Boleíta. The Mission documented four such cases, including the case of Karen Palacios.1712 982. Karen Palacios was a 25-year-old professional clarinettist at the time of her arrest. Since childhood, she had studied with the national youth orchestra system. She suffered from chronic depression and Asperger syndrome since her teenage years, dedicating herself completely to her music. 983. On 26 May 2019, Ms. Palacios published a string of tweets that went viral in Venezuela. She criticized the National Philharmonic Orchestra, alleging that her contract had been cancelled due to her political views. She tweeted, “[…] Today, after the ninth performance of ‘Popul Vuh’ they tell me that my contract was rejected because I signed against the regime. Now I ask myself, when they called me to offer me the contract, why did they not tell me that it was a prerequisite to think like them?” 1713 On 28 May 2019, Ms. Palacios gave an interview on Radio Caracas on the programme “La Fuerza es la Unión” with Jesús Torrealba to the same effect.1714 984. On 29 May 2019, pro-Government Twitter outlet “La Tabla” unearthed and published screenshots of two (since deleted) messages Ms. Palacios had published on 1 May 2019 when her account had less than 500 followers. Ms. Palacios had tweeted, “[…] I really hope to read one sleepless night that Maduro fled, that he was killed, that he’s in jail, or any other crap that could make me happy”.1715 She continued, “This crap will continue until the day we get mad and 100 of us together kill 10 soldiers, or colectivos, or any other shit that dares cross us”.1716 The two tweets had garnered no retweets at the time La Tabla had taken screenshots of them. Following the publication of her deleted tweets, Twitter users began circulating insults, threats and calls for her arrest.1717 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 192 Mission Interview C2EE18 in July 2018, Mission Interview C1AA027 in May 2020 and case of Carlos Marron Colmenares. https://twitter.com/KrenClarinet/status/1132718886615429121. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fRms5c0COc&feature=youtu.be Screenshot of since deleted tweet available here: https://twitter.com/latablablog/status/1133812775644553217/photo/1; Screenshot of since deleted tweet available here: https://twitter.com/latablablog/status/1133812775644553217/photo/2. See, for example, https://twitter.com/luishenriquev/status/1133830772329259008; https://twitter.com/mariaaliciaru12/status/1133868573280153600; https://twitter.com/jos86rodriguez/status/1133846411219542016;