A/HRC/45/CRP.11 No. 21. He spent approximately ten days in the military barracks, during which his family and lawyer were unaware of his whereabouts.929 On 21 January 2017, he was transferred to the “26 July” prison in San Juan de los Morros, Guárico State, 116 kilometres away. 930 426. On 13 January 2017, the Military Attorney General, Captain Siria Venero de Guerrero, presented case file DT-001-2017 related to Mr. Caro and Ms. Escalona to the Supreme Court. She told the court she had received the file from SEBIN’ strategic investigations section in Carabobo, the unit responsible for military crimes. 931 427. High-level Government representatives made a number of statements following Mr. Caro’s arrest and detention. On 11 January 2017, on the television programme “Con el Mazo Dando”, Diosdado Cabello accused Mr. Caro of a coup attempt.932 On 12 January 2017, the then Vice President Tareck El Aissami publicly accused Mr. Caro of organizing killings of opposition members to accuse the Government of these crimes thereafter. 933 On 22 January 2017, the then Human Rights Ombudsman Tarek William Saab, tweeted that Mr. Caro was detained in Guárico state’s “26 July” prison.934 The Minister for Penitentiary Services, Iris Varela, then published pictures of Gilber Caro with the comment “fascists believe that we would act as they do. Irrespective of the crime, the treatment is dignified”. 935 428. On 17 January 2017, Mr. Caro’s lawyers filed complaints requesting the annulment of the proceedings based on the military tribunal’s lack of jurisdiction, given that Mr. Caro was a civilian and had parliamentarian immunity.936 429. The Supreme Court decided that Mr. Caro did not enjoy parliamentary immunity given that he was an alternate deputy.937 It subsequently determined that the Sixth Military Court of Control was the competent court to decide the jurisdiction issue. 938 430. Mr. Caro’s initial court appearance took place on 1 June 2017, almost five months after his detention, instead of the 48 hours provided by the law. Judge Mariela Acevedo Santafe of the Sixth Military Court of Control ordered Mr. Caro’s continued detention on 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 106 Interviews with Mr. Caro’s sister and lawyer on 21 and 19 May 2020 respectively. Europapress, Trasladan al opositor Caro a una cárcel en el estado de Guárico, 21 January 2017, available at: https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-trasladan-opositor-caro-carcel-estadoguarico-20170122015406.html See Supreme Court of Justice, Decision on Criminal Case File DT-001-2017, 29 March 2017, available at: http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/decisiones/tplen/mayo/198873-34-11517-2017-201700004.HTML YouTube Video, teleSUR, El primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, condenó las intenciones golpistas del diputado de Voluntad Popular, Gilber Caro, 11 January 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-QcBVRb52E YouTube Video, Noticierovenevision, Vicepresidente El Aissami ofreció detalles sobre la detención de Gilber Caro, 12 January 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMIRgTtNtM; Control Ciudadano, Tareck El Aissami sobre Diputado Gilbert Caro: Fue detenido en flagrancia y portaba material de guerra de uso exclusivo de la FANB, 11 January 2017, available at: https://www.controlciudadano.org/noticias/tareck-el-aissami-sobre-diputado-gilbert-caro-fuedetenido-en-flagrancia-y-portaba-material-de-guerra-de-uso-exclusivo-de-la-fanb Interview with Mr. Caro’s lawyer on 19 May 2020. See also, 2001 Online, Confirman traslado de Gilber Caro a la cárcel 26 de julio en Guárico, 22 January 2017, available at: http://www.2001online.com/en-la-agenda/150425/confirman-traslado-de-gilber-caro-a-la-carcel-26de-julio-en-guarico.html See RunRun.es, Iris Varela difundió imágenes de Gilbert Caro en prisión, 27 January 2017, available at: https://runrun.es/nacional/venezuela-2/294173/iris-varela-dinfundio-imagenes-de-gilbert-caro-enprision/ Exception for incompetence, 17 January 2017, on file with the Mission. Plenary Chamber of the Supreme Court, Judgment 34/2017 of 11 May 2017. Judge Danilo Mojica dissented, and used Twitter to explain that he had dissented because Mr. Caro indeed enjoyed parliamentary immunity. https://twitter.com/danilomojica/status/847658307128918016 See also, Efecto Cocuyo, TSJ busca juzgar en tribunal militar a Gilber Caro, afirman desde Voluntad Popular, 31 March 2017, available at: https://efectococuyo.com/politica/tsj-busca-juzgar-en-tribunal-militar-agilber-caro-afirman-desde-voluntad-popular/ Plenary Chamber of the Supreme Court, Judgment 52/2017 of 4 July 2017. There were two dissenting opinions by two judges.