A/HRC/45/CRP.11 to foresee and plan action that subordinate units must take.584 The plan outlines a chain of command, under which the CEOFANB appoints a liaison officer to coordinate with the REDI and the Ministries of the People’s Power.585 The REDI activating the Plan shall designate a senior officer to liaise with the CEOFANB to coordinate support.586 232. The Mission was able to access one regional plan developed from the Plan Zamora matrix, the “Fragmentary Order of the Plan Zamora” of the ZODI No. 22, Mérida”. 587 The plan was issued in January 2019, indicating that the Plan Zamora continued to be implemented at least through early 2019. The Fragmentary Order outlines the strategy for military and police presence during the February 2019 protests in Mérida state. 588 More on this and other plans implemented in the context of protests are discussed in Chapter V on Violations in the Context of Protests. 233. The Anti-Coup Commands: There are few publicly available details on how the Anti-Coup Commands operate. President Maduro has said that the structure is under his responsibility, and commands exist at the regional level within each of the eight REDIs, with participation of the military and police.589 He stated that the commandos would “dedicate 24 hours a day to take preventive, legal and corrective measures against all coup supporters and terrorists within the country”.590 The command was set up to put in place preventive strategies “to punish all of the intents to destabilize Venezuela”.591 The Government has activated these commands on various occasions since 2013.592 In President Maduro’s activation of the anticoup commando in 2017, he referred to the National Assembly as a gang and accused it of promoting a coup d’état.593 234. Plan Patria Segura/Carabobo 2021: In a January 2017 televised statement, President Maduro relaunched Plan Patria Segura. He described six lines of strategic action to combat insecurity throughout the country.594 This was specifically described as coordinated action between State military forces and popular (citizen) security groups. The President announced that Vice President Tareck Al Aissami would be spearheading and coordinating these actions.595 Among the six strategic action lines were 596 the installation of patrols in 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 62 Plan Zamora, p. 6. Plan Zamora, p. 16. Ibid. Orden de fragmentaria de la orden de Operaciones Zamora para el mantenimiento, control y restablecimiento del orden público ZODI No. 22, Mérida, January 2019. Fragmentary orders (FRAGOs) provide “timely changes to existing orders to subordinate and supporting commanders while providing notification to higher and adjacent commands. […] The FRAGO differs from an [Operations Order] only in the degree of detail provided. It refers to previous orders and provides brief and specific instructions.” See: US Department of the Army, Field Manual No. 101-5: Staff organization and operations, p. H3, 31 May 1997, available at: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/101-5/f540.pdf Ibid., p. 3. See YouTube Video, VideoNoticias Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro anunció la creación de un Comando Especial Antigolpe, 8 January 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sUrqxfa4dg. Ibid. See YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Presidente venezolano juramenta Comando Nacional Antigolpe, acto complete, 10 January 2017, minute 51:00, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDonipmdw4s. See TeleSUR tv, Reactivará Nicolás Maduro Comando Antigolpe contra sectores de derecho, 26 October 2013, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZ9n3Bvf3g; See also Voice of America, Venezuela: Maduro crea “Comando Antigolpe”, 11 January 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EWqT68i-I&t=2s; La Patilla, Maduro anuncia más represión por parte del Comando Antigolpe, 21 March 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-97COkUDE. Ibid. See YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Cadena completa: Nicolás Maduro activa seis líneas para combatir la inseguridad, 18 January 2017, minute 20:30, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZIia4O6X60. Ibid., minute 27:15. Ibid., the expansion of sports and cultural activities (minute 30:00); The presence of all police patrols on the streets, in coordination with the FANB, the REDI and the ZODI, in accordance with the

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