A/HRC/45/CRP.11 searches in a residential area. They did not present search or arrest warrants and were accompanied by high-ranking officers.1002 The operation lasted around 12 hours.1003 475. Around midnight, SEBIN officers broke into a residence in which three people, C2EE01, C2EE22 and C2EE23 (two women and one man) were arranging gas masks, clothing and medical supplies for protesters. The officers did not present arrest or search warrants. The officers seized the supplies, beat the two of the three people and broke furniture, saying they were looking for weapons.1004 They arrested the three individuals, then claimed to have found a weapon in the building, which the arrestees allege was planted. 1005 476. A high-ranking Government official later presented a video of the search and seizures on television. He also mentioned the detainees by name.1006 477. The Mission reviewed the arrest record. The date of the operation and the number of officers and vehicles deployed stands in contrast to witness accounts and social media posts that captured the operation.1007 Interrogation 478. C2EE01, C2EE22 and C2EE23 were taken to El Helicoide around daybreak, where they were interrogated separately for the rest of the day and into the night. They were not permitted phoncalls or access to lawyers. They were videoed responding to questions about weapons, political affiliations, receipt of foreign funds and their relationship to the opposition figure sought in the operation.1008 479. Officers took C2EE01 to an office and blindfolded her. A female official grabbed her by the face and pulled her hair, insisting she talk and calling her a spy. Someone administered a series of electric shocks to her arms and ankles.1009 Male officers told C2EE01 that a group of them would rape her if she did not provide information. They threatened to rape her anally and with objects. The officers called her a traitor, a bitch and her mother’s cunt (coño de su madre).1010 Judicial Process 480. Despite being civilians, C2EE01, C2EE22 and C2EE23 were presented before a military tribunal within 48 hours of arrest. They were unable to meet with their lawyer prior to the hearing but a private defence lawyer at the courthouse stepped in to represent them. The lawyer had a few minutes to review the case file prior to the hearing, before the judge ordered its removal.1011 481. The prosecutor alleged the arrestees had been apprehended in flagrancia while perpetrating military crimes.1012 After the court appearance, defence counsel filed a motion contesting the military tribunal’s jurisdiction but the motion was denied. 1013 Prosecutors later dropped all charges except a weapons charge related to the weapon allegedly seized during the search.1014 482. The preliminary hearing was deferred more than 20 times. SEBIN officers blamed bureaucratic inefficiencies and shortage of staff for not transferring the defendants to 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 114 Mission Interview C2EE01 in May 2020; social media posts on file with the Mission. Ibid. Mission Interview C2EE03 in May 2020, Mission Interview C2EE03 in May 2020; Mission Interview C2EE02 in May 2020. Video on file with the Mission. Document C2EE01 on file with the Mission; social media posts including photos on file with the Mission. Mission Interview C2EE03 in May 2020. Ibid. Mission Interview C2EE03 in May 2020. Mission Interview C2EE02 in May 2020; Mission Interview C2EE03 in May 2020. Document C2EE02 on file with the Mission. The Mission has omitted the alleged crimes for the sake of confidentiality. Document C2EE04 on file with the Mission. Document C2EE02 on file with the Mission.