A/HRC/45/CRP.11 eight months’ imprisonment.1652 An appeal against the convictions is currently before the Court of Appeals. However, the Mission has not been able to verify the place of detention of the accused. 924. 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 925. Based on the facts above, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that arbitrary arrest and detention and short term enforced disappearence was committed against Captain Acosta Arévalo. The Mission also has reasonable grounds to believe that torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment was committed against Captain Acosta Arévalo to the extent that it resulted in his death. 926. The DGCIM Special Directorate of Penal and Criminalistic Investigations and the Special Affairs unit are beleived to have been involved in these violations. CASE 18: Ariana Granadillo and Family 927. In January 2018, Ariana Granadillo was a 21-year-old medical student at Romulo Gallegos National Experimental University. Ms. Granadillo’s father, Argenis Granadillo, is retired Colonel Oswaldo García Palomo’s a second cousin. The Granadillo family lived in a rural area in Monagas State where Mr. Granadillo worker as a farmer.1653 928. The Granadillo family and the García Palomo family had always had a close relationship. In later January 2018, Ms. Granadillo moved in with the Garcia Palomo family at their home in Miranda to undertake a medical internship at nearby Victorio Santaella Hospital. Detention of Sorbay Padilla and her Son (1 February 2018) 929. On 1 February 2018, Ms. Granadillo was at the García Palomo home with Colonel Garcia Palomo’s wife, Sorbay Padilla. Ms. Padilla’s 22-year-old daughter, her 24-year-old son and one of Ms. Granadillo’s female cousins were also there. Colonel García Palomo had left a few days earlier, telling his family he was visiting their farm. 1654 930. At around 1 p.m., trucks and white sedans without plates entered the gated neighbourhood. Ms. Padilla heard loud banging on the front door and yelling from outside. She answered the door, and more than 20 officers entered the house. They said they had an arrest warrant for Colonel García Palomo but did not present it.1655 They did not present a warrant for the esearch or other arrests either. 931. The officers were armed and most wore DGCIM uniforms, although Ms. Granadillo remembers two officers wore SEBIN uniforms.1656 Many had covered faces and some wore balaclavas with images of skulls. Most were men, though witnesses recall at least two female officers.1657 They responded to orders from an officer referred to as “Captain Santiago”. 1658 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 Prensa Provea, Condena de implicados en asesinato de Rafael Acosta es insuficiente, available at https://www.derechos.org.ve/actualidad/condena-de-implicados-en-asesinato-de-rafael-acosta-esinsuficiente. NTN24, Venezuela: Sentenciaron a 6 años y 8 meses a involucrados en la muerte del capitán Acosta Arévalo, 25 September 2019, available at: https://www.ntn24.com/americalatina/venezuela/sentenciaron-6-anos-y-8-meses-involucrados-en-la-muerte-del-capitan-acosta. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Argenis Granadillo on 9 June 2020. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Sorbay Padilla on 22 June 2020. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Sorbay Padilla on 22 June 2020; Investigator Field Report, Fifth Prosecutor’s Office Investigation Division, Public Prosecutor’s Office of Colombia, 14 February 2018, on file with the Mission. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Sorbay Padilla on 22 June 2020. Ibid. 185