A/HRC/45/CRP.11 following four areas of Caracas: Coche, El Valle, El Cementerio y Cota 905.1935 The Minister of the Interior explained that the OLP intended to “free the people from the scourge of the paramilitarized underworld”.1936 He framed the operation as part of a new phase of OLPs, involving the participation of “a civic/military/police force of more than 3,000 men […] and countless officials”.1937 1088. During the press conference, the Minister reported that 249 vehicles, 400 motorcycles, 33 armoured personnel carriers, 19 ambulances and 2 helicopters had been involved in the operation.1938 Control posts were established in 136 points in roads heading out of the capital city.1939 Video footage from that day, verified by the Mission, also shows three GNB armoured vehicles making their way into the neighbourhood. 1940 The Minister of the Interior reported that 15 firearms and 2 fragmentation grenades were seized 1941 and that 1,131 people had been detained to verify their identity.1942 1089. The Minister of the Interior announced that four people had been killed or “taken down” (“abatidas”) in what he described as confrontations with security forces in Cota 905. Two died during the operation and two others died later in hospital. 1943 The operation was still ongoing at the time of the Minister’s press conference at 4.30 p.m. on 10 May 2016. 1944 After or during that press conference, security forces killed at least five more people, bringing the total killed in the operation to at least nine people.1945 1090. One of the young men killed in the operation (hereinafter C4FF25) had just finished high school and he was the father of a child. One of his female relatives, C4FF15, reported that he did not have a criminal record. She said that C4FF25 was killed because he was the relative of one of the most wanted gang leaders of the area. He was killed inside his modest home in the La Chivera area of Cota 905. C4FF15 described his house as very small “with a single entrance and without a window”.1946 1091. C4FF25 had been asleep and was sick with the Zika virus.1947 At around 8 a.m. on 10 May 2016, around 15 armed men broke into the house. They were later revealed to be CICPC officers. They were dressed in black and had their faces covered. They did not present a warrant. They beat the other two people that were present, including the female witness C4FF16, forcing them to leave the house.1948 The last time C4FF16 saw C4FF25, he was sitting on the ground with the CICPC officials around him. They referred to C4FF25 by his name, without ever having asked for or verified his identity.1949 1092. C4FF16 sought help from neighbours. Residents yelled at the men in black that C4FF25 was an innocent person. However, the neighbours did not intervene because they were afraid. C4FF16 telephoned a relative, C4FF15, to ask for help. C4FF15 attempted to 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Situación en Venezuela, González López anuncia primeros resultados de nueva OLP en Cota 905, minute 0:46, 10 May 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmI0mRZEWc. Ibid., minute 4:51. Ibid., minute 0:53. Ibid., minute 3:48. Ibid., minute 4:03. El Cooperante, Operación Liberación del Pueblo llega a El Valle, El Cementerio y Cota 905, 10 May 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUF-zaTSkno. YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Situación en Venezuela, González López anuncia primeros resultados de nueva OLP en Cota 905, minute 1:43, 10 May 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmI0mRZEWc. Ibid., minute 1:17. Ibid., minute 2:14. Ibid., minute 2:41. Statement of Major General Sergio Rivero Marcano in Contacto Con Nicolás Maduro. OLP contra el paramilitarismo. Venezuela, from minute 1:15:30, 11 May 2016, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_CEDxANJcY Statement made by C4FF15 in an interview with local NGO No. 4, on file with the Mission. Statement made by C4FF15 in an interview with a Venezuelan citizen security expert No. 5, on file with the Mission. Statement made by C4FF15 in an interview with local NGO No. 4, on file with the Mission. Ibid. 215