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.
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents