A/HRC/45/CRP.11
the official autopsy and pictures for an independent assessment. 1306 At the time of writing, it
had not received a response.
660. The Mission was able to review details from the proceedings against the accused
SEBIN officers, which included information about the investigation into Mr. Albán’s death
by the Public Prosecutor’s Officer and the CICPC. 1307 Two prosecutors assigned to oversee
the investigation and assist in the autopsy1308 were the prosecuting attorneys in the drone
attack case, for which Mr. Albán had been under investigation at the time of his death.
661. The information received included witness interviews and the autopsy report. Among
issues the Mission identified are the following:
• According to former detainees and others who had been on the tenth floor of Plaza
Venezuela, detainees are handcuffed and accompanied by SEBIN officers at all times,
including visits to the bathroom.1309
• According to two SEBIN officers interviewed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Mr.
Albán’s hands were cuffed in front of him when he requested bathroom access. The
same witnesses stated that Mr. Albán had been wearing shoes. The body was found
without handcuffs and without shoes.1310
• Attorney General Tarek William Saab said that security cameras footage from the
tenth floor did not exist.1311 The Mission has been informed that the Information
Technology System Analysis Division of the Public Prosecutor’s Office collected and
stored footage.1312
• The fingerprints found by the CICPC on the window from which Mr. Albán allegedly
jumped belonged to a SEBIN officer, according to an analysis by the Public
Prosecutor’s Office. Given that the window only opened to 30 degrees 1313 and Mr.
Albán was 1.73 metres tall, he would likely have touched it while climbing through.
• The Public Prosecutor’s Office indicated that Mr. Albán’s body had landed on a
ventilation unit of the Caracas metro and that there was considerable loss of blood.
The case file contains photographic evidence of the body placed on a stretcher, as
opposed to the body on the ventilation unit.
• The Attorney General indicated that the body presented fractures in the extremities,
including the arms1314 but this was not recorded in the first death certificate issued by
the forensic doctor.
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1308
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REF: MissionV/CG/002, on file with the Mission.
Document C2DD26, on file with the Mission.
Farik Karim Mora Salcedo ,and Dinora Bustamante Puerta.
https://twitter.com/RosmitMantilla/status/1049439670931808256?s=20 y
https://twitter.com/SContrerasB/status/1049400642425540613?s=20
Images of Mr. Albán’s body on file with the Mission, planimetric lifting No. 1378 and 1378 b,
Technical Inspection No. 2.219 File: K-18-0017-00631 Chart No. 31, 8 October 2018, on file with the
Mission.
See YouTube Video, Globovision Videos, Fiscal General: Albán murió tras el impacto, sin evidencias
de tortura (2/6), 1 November 2018, minute 2:14, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBNGy8lv64k
Document C2DD26, on file with the Mission.
Version Final, Difunden plano del piso 10 del Sebin, “no hay ventana en los baños”, 10 October
2018, available at: https://versionfinal.com.ve/politica-dinero/difunden-plano-del-piso-10-del-sebinno-hay-ventana-en-los-banos/
YouTube Video, Globovisión, Fiscal General: Albán murió tras el impacto, sin evidencias de tortura
(2/6), 1 November 2018, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBNGy8lv64k, minute
5.28.
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