A/HRC/45/CRP.11 homes, breaking down doors or entering through windows, such as in the cases of Antonio Ledezma and Roberto Marrero. Victims alleged that SEBIN officers assaulted them during arrest and when they during initial detention, such as Victor Navarro, who was beaten at gunpoint. 270. Arrested persons were rarely informed of the reasons for arrest and/or the charges against them, contravening international700 and national701 human rights standards. In some cases, SEBIN officers requested that individuals accompany them to their offices to participate in investigative interviews, assuring them they were not under arrest and would shortly return home. Upon arriving at SEBIN offices, they were photographed, fingerprinted, interrogated and prevented from leaving or contacting legal counsel. The Mission secured access to legal files in which, on five occasions, officially recorded dates of detention differed from dates corroborated by victim and witness accounts. 271. In most cases, SEBIN was the sole arresting authority, though SEBIN officers were occasionally accompanied by members of other armed forces, mainly GNB or PNB/FAES. 272. In several cases the Mission investigated, victims or witnesses alleged that SEBIN officers had covered-up or falsified information, including planting items to justify the arrest and incriminate victims, especially firearms.702 Former SEBIN director Christopher Figuera, meanwhile, said that he had received orders directly from President Maduro to plant weapons in Mr. Marrero’s apartment.703 273. A common pattern appearing in nearly all the cases investigated was that high-level Government officers, including President Maduro,704 Diosdado Cabello705 and Tarek El Aissami,706 as well as Attorney General Tarek William Saab,707 made public statements referring to detentions either shortly before or shortly after they took place and commenting on the criminal responsibility of the accused. A former SEBIN officer told the Mission that the information that Diosdado Cabello collects is received from the SEBIN counterintelligence directorate.708 The Mission believes that these statements damage the presumption of innocence and could affect judicial independence, in violation of article 14 of the ICCPR. 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 76 ICCPR, art. 9.1. 1999 Constitution, art. 44. Inclduing in the cases of Lorent Saleh, Gabriel Valles, Rodolfo Pedro González, Rosmit Mantilla, C2EE15 (female), C2EE10 (female), Case 4: Steyci Escalona, C2EE01 (female), C2EE22 (female), C2EE23 (male), Case 6: Victor Navarro, Case 6: C2EE09 (female), Case: 11: Roberto Marrero, Case 3: Gilber Caro (three detentions). See #DeFrenteConLaPacheco, Acábenlo, ordenó Maduro, 14 Feburary 2020, minute 16:40, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vNVArAHJU&feature=youtu.be. See also #HablaFiguera Maduro solo levanta el teléfono y ordena torturar - Aló BN EVTV - 06/12/19 SEG 1, 12 July 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=525&v=L6EqQ8cGaQE&feature=emb_title, minute 3:30 and América Digital Noticias, El exjefe del Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (Sebin), conversó con César Miguel Rondón sobre el poder de Maduro y su círculo, la tortura en el Sebin y su papel (y el de otros funcionarios aún en el gobierno) en la Operación Libertad, 11 July 2019, minute 6:30, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjtuUlQpNoI&feature=youtu.be. See, for example, Cara de Lente, Presidente Maduro informa de 4 nuevos capturados por asesinato de Robert Serra, 17 October 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VUXPwGvY3Q See, for example, Noticias Venezuela, Cabello confirma detención de "la negra Hipólita, 16 October 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZv7fnQqMhg&lc=Ugi_HLh_rC5qx3gCoAEC; YouTube Video, Noticias24, Con el Mazo Dando 24/01/2018, 24 January 2018, minute 03:16:10, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXQPAuIhGpU&t=12165s; YouTube Video, Noticias Venezuela, Con El Mazo Dando 17/01/2018, 17 January 2018, minute 03:31:50, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJiiZ6bpdFc&t=3004s See, for example, YouTube Video Noticierovenevision, El Aissami ofreció detalles sobre la detención de Gilber Caro, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMIRgTtNtM; other videos on file with the Mission. Link not provided for purposes of confidentiality. See, for example, Globovision, Tarek William Saab: Escoltas de Guaidó admitieron haber sustraído fusiles 4/5, 17 June 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKjOu39EXtE. Mission Interview C2HH03 in June 2020.