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him”.1904 The official statement on the operational results confirms that no high-profile gang
leader was among the deceased.1905
1075. According to information shared by the Minister of the Interior during the press
conference on 13 July, security forces detained more than 134 people, including 32
Colombians, during the operation.1906 Video footage verified by the Mission from 13 July
2015 showed trucks leaving Cota 905 with men bent over and piled on top of each other. 1907
1076. On 15 July 2015, the then Attorney General, Luisa Ortega Díaz, confirmed that only
19 of the detainees had been brought before a judge, accused of crimes including homicide,
robbery and drug trafficking.1908 The Mission does not have information about how the other
115 detainees were processed.
1077. An official source confirmed that 14 young men were killed in the operation.1909 They
were: Nelson Enrique Díaz (17); Ender Armando Rojas Sánchez (19); Carlos Eneisis
Bejarano Rodríguez (19); Kelvin Jesús Istúriz Rondón (19); Ricardo Antonio Ordaz
Clemente (19); Alberto José Rausseo Fernández (20); Edison José Alcalá (22); José Gregorio
Sánchez (22); Yorángel José Lezama Ramos (24); Carlos Luis Castro (25); Elio Jesús
Martínez Monagas (25); Greydelberg Lenin Urbina Avendaño (25); Jonathan Antonio Pérez
(26); and Danny Jesús Sojo Velázquez (30).1910 The total number of deaths was at least 15;
one victim was not mentioned in the official report, but the Mission received information
about his identity.
1078. Several witnesses later provided interviews to the media stating that the deaths
occurred while the victims were in custody.1911 At least one of the men was taken alive by
security forces and found dead in the morgue the following day. 1912 His family members
recounted that he was detained in the morning of 13 July when he left his home, located in
the La Pilita sector of the El Naranjal neighbourhood. His mother said, “At 9 a.m. I started
calling him desperately […]. I insisted and insisted, until at 4 p.m. one of his sisters called
me telling me that the neighbours saw him when he was taken into custody on the stairs”. 1913
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RunRun.es in alliance with Connectas, La máscara del terror official en Venezuela, date not specified,
available at: https://www.connectas.org/la-mascara-del-terror-oficial-en-venezuela-2/.
Revista CICPC, Cicpc identifica a 14 fallecidos y vehículos recuperados en La Cota 905, 14 July
2015, available at: http://www.revistacicpc.com/noticias.php?id=210.
YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, González López: González López: Mueren 14 maleantes en
Cota 905, operativos en Betania y Ciudad Tiuna 13 July 2015, at 6:46, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vd3TEAC16I.
YouTube Video, La Patilla, Así fue el operativo en La Cota 905, 13 July 2015, minute 3:55, available
at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwj7G5FJlI&has_verified=1.
Public Prosecutor´s Office, Fiscal General: serán presentadas 19 personas detenidas en el operativo de
seguridad en La Cota 905, 15 July 2015, available at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190508204028/http://www.ministeriopublico.gob.ve/web/guest/buscad
or/-/journal_content/56/10136/8964196.
Revista CICPC, Cicpc identifica a 14 fallecidos y vehículos recuperados en La Cota 905, 14 July
2015, available at: http://www.revistacicpc.com/noticias.php?id=210.
Revista CICPC, Cicpc identifica a 14 fallecidos y vehículos recuperados en La Cota 905, 14 July
2015, available at: http://www.revistacicpc.com/noticias.php?id=210.
Sandra Guerrero in El Nacional, Familiares de 4 muertos en Cota 905 niegan que hubo
enfrentamiento, 16 July 2015, available at:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150719011123/http://www.el-nacional.com/sucesos/familiaresmuertos-cota-niegan-enfrentamiento_0_665333658.html
Runrun.es, A mi hermano se lo llevaron con vida y apareció muerto en la morgue, 14 July 2015,
available at: https://runrun.es/nacional/212885/a-mi-hermano-se-lo-llevaron-con-vida-y-apareciomuerto-en-la-morgue/. Crónica Uno, Encuentran muerto a muchacho detenido en La Cota 905, 14
July 2015, available at: http://cronica.uno/encuentran-muerto-a-muchacho-detenido-en-la-cota-905/.
See also Noticias TV, Así permaneció la morgue de Bello Monte tras sucesos de La Cota 905, 14 July
2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9WHnRMdPG4; El Nacional, Algunos
cadáveres de La Cota 905 tienen tiros a corta distancia, 15 July 2015, available at:
https://runrun.es/nacional/213078/algunos-cadaveres-de-la-cota-905-tienen-tiros-a-corta-distancia/.
Crónica Uno, La OLP en La Cota 905 fue la palabra de los pobres contra el gobierno, 13 August
2015, available at: https://cronica.uno/olp-en-la-cota-905-es-la-palabra-de-los-pobres-contra-elgobierno/.
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