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lie down on the living room floor, face down, with their hands behind their backs. Some of
the officers searched the house.2244
1260. Around 7 a.m., one of the officers ordered that C4FF13 and other female relatives be
taken into custody, escorting them on foot from the house through an alleyway. C4FF13 told
the Mission that when she left the house the young men were still lying on the living room
floor. Once she was a few metres from the house, she heard gunshots. Upon hearing the
gunshots, the police officers escorting them began to shoot into the air. They also made calls
on a radio, and she heard them say there was a confrontation and requested support. 2245
1261. As events were unfolding, a male relative living a short distance away attempted to
reach the house. He was unable to do so as police were restricting access to the sector. From
his position at the police roadblock, he was able to see the house and he saw officials taking
the oldest brother up to the top floor. When he was able to move past the roadblock and reach
the house, he asked a police officer about the young men. The agent replied that one had gone
to school while the other was still in the house. The police would not let him inside. 2246
1262. According to C4FF13, the oldest brother was killed in one of the rooms on the top
floor, where bullet holes were found on the mattress, while the youngest brother was killed
in the living room, where his relatives, who had access the house at around 3 p.m., found a
pool of blood. C4FF13, citing the forensic report, explained to the Mission that the youngest
brother was shot in the abdomen and chest area and the oldest was shot twice in the chest.
1263. Both died from hypovolemic shock due to the passage of a bullet through the chest.
Their parents later found them that afternoon, in the Coche Hospital, neither with signs of
life. C4FF13 returned home at around 3 p.m., where she alleges police officers were stealing
money and household items. When she objected, a female agent returned a black bag
containing her blender, coffee maker, Nintendo and some sheets. Another agent ran away
with her money. Later, C4FF13 realized that a camera, clothes, cutlery sets, a wallet, a mobile
phone, a watch, a wifi router and a computer monitor were also missing. The walls had also
been damaged, seemingly to remove lodged bullets. 2247
Findings
1264. Based on the facts above, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that
extrajudicial executions were committed against C4FF24 and that C4FF11 and that members
of his family were victims of an arbitrary detention. Caracas based PNB Anti-Drug officers
were involved in these violations. The Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that extra
judicial executions were committed against the two young brothers during the same
operation.
III.
A
Other extrajudicial executions by police forces
Numbers of Killings
1265. As noted above, under the 1999 Constitution,2248 the civilian security forces consist of
the uniformed national police corps; the scientific, criminal and criminological investigation
corps (CICPC); a civilian fire department and emergency management corps; and a civil
defence and disaster management organization.2249 The 2008 Organic Law on the Police
2244
2245
2246
2247
2248
2249
Mission Interview C4FF13 in May 2020.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Asociación Control Ciudadano, Violaciones de Derechos Humanos 2017. Caso de derechos humanos
violaciones en El Valle, 28 February 2017, available at:
http://www.controlciudadano.org/coyuntura/violaciones-de-derechos-humanos-2017-casoviolaciones-de-ddhh-de-la-olp-en-el-valle.
Under article 55 of the 1999 Constitution, the State security forces are required to respect human
rights and the use of arms is limited by the principles of necessity and proportionality, among others.
Constitution 1999, art. 332.
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