A/HRC/45/CRP.11 • Denny Antonio Acevedo Vamonde (30, construction worker) • Luis Alirio Sanz Espinoza (30, mechanic) 1201. According to a witness whose identity must remain anonymous for security reasons, soldiers belonging to the 323 Carribean Battalion killed 12 men on the same day, probably at the end of October, although the exact date was not specified.2138 The Mission has a written statement indicating that a high-ranking officer belonging to the 323 Battalion shot two of the victims with his service weapon in the La Maturera sector and ordered the soldiers who had witnessed the crime to dig a grave. Then they went to the wooded area in the Guatopo National Park, where soldiers killed the other 10 detainees.2139 1202. According to information received by the Mission, the order to disappear the 12 detainees reached commanders level on 23 October 2016, apparently from a COAFANB representative on the ground who said, “Remember that you are close to a promotion and another thing. I do not want bodies floating nor vultures wandering around. I want the mission to be accomplished by tomorrow, before the meeting”.2140 1203. The autopsy report mentioned in the Public Prosecutor’s Office public report on the investigation, recorded that the two victims in the first gravesite died of “fracture of the skull due to passage of a projectile from a firearm”.2141 The comparative ballistics study carried out by the Public Prosecutor’s Office found that Kendri Javier Hernández Utrera had been killed by a pistol-type firearm, brand Sig Sauer 9-millimetre, Parabellum model P226, which was assigned to one of the soldiers belonging to the 323 Caribbean Battalion. 2142 1204. The Public Prosecutor’s Office investigation determined that the ten men in the mass grave died from “hypovolemic shock caused by a stab wound”.2143 A reliable source with knowledge of the case and the autopsy results said the wounds were likely caused by a blade, presumably a machete, which was never found.2144 Of those stabbed, four had fatal neck injuries and four had fatal neck and chest injuries. One had injuries to the head and one to the neck, shoulder and left leg.2145 A public official who attended the exhumation, reported that some victims were found face down with their hands tied and their heads covered. 2146 1205. A witness with knowledge of the events told the Mission that military officers arrived at the scene and forced the detainees out of the vehicle one by one. The officers played loud music in the vehicle so that the remaining detainees would not hear the screams of those being executed.2147 Once the victims were killed, the soldiers reported that the mission had been completed.2148 Security forces did not claim that a confrontation had occurred. No weapons were found with the victims.2149 The Death of a Teenager 1206. At around 10 a.m. on 19 November 2016, the 321 Venezuelan Army Caribbean Battalion “Major General Pedro Zaraza”, based at La Bloquera, Alfarería Bell military installation in Caucagua, received an anonymous phone call, reporting that an armed 2138 2139 2140 2141 2142 2143 2144 2145 2146 2147 2148 2149 Mission Interview C4FF09 in May 2020. Document C4FF08 on file with the Mission. Document C4FF07 on file with the Mission. Public Prosecutor’s Office, Barlovento: informe sobre víctimas y hechos ocurridos en Barlovento: masacre a 12 personas, February 2017, pp. 13, 23 and 25, available at: https://lortegadiaz.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/12/barlovento-ultima-version4-16-05-2017.pdf. Ibid., p. 19. Document C4FF08 on file with the Mission. Public Prosecutor’s Office, Barlovento: informe sobre víctimas y hechos ocurridos en Barlovento: masacre a 12 personas, February 2017, p. 13, available at: https://lortegadiaz.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/12/barlovento-ultima-version4-16-05-2017.pdf. Mission Interview C4FF09 in February 2020. Public Prosecutor’s Office, Barlovento: informe sobre víctimas y hechos ocurridos en Barlovento: masacre a 12 personas, February 2017, pp. 22-45, available at: https://lortegadiaz.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/12/barlovento-ultima-version4-16-05-2017.pdf. Mission Interview C4FF09 in February 2020. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. 237