A/HRC/45/CRP.11 guards let female detainees out of their cells to be their “girlfriends”, usually during the night.741 Four witnesses, each interviewed separately, accused SEBIN officers of bringing presumed sex workers into the detention centre, as well as paying female detainees for sex acts. No sexual and reproductive health measures, including medical checks or contraception, were provided. Female detainees worried aloud with the other women in their cell, nervous their menstruation might come late.742 304. Multiple witnesses told the Mission that SEBIN officers denied them visits and other privileges on the basis of their political prisoner status. When allowed to take place, interviews between detainees and their legal representatives were often conducted in a glasswalled room, known as “la Pecera” (the fish tank). Families and lawyers believe the communications were recorded.743 305. From March 2020 until the time of publication of the report, Covid-19 restrictions limited family visits to El Helicoide. Detainee-s relatives and lawyers have expressed concern to the Mission about Covid-19 contagion between detainees. 2. The General Directorate of Military Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence (DGCIM) 306. The Mission investigated 77 cases in which DGCIM arrested, detained and tortured current and former military officers and civilians associated with them. Of these, eight are detailed in case studies below. The investigations were based on direct information (interviews, legal case files, video footage) and credible information collected by reliable indirect sources. The Mission has also reviewed information received from Foro Penal about 339 arrests of military personnel and associated civilians.744 Of these, 187 continue to be detained (2 who are have served their sentences fully), 61 have substitute measures and 41 have been released (the status of the remainder varies). In a few cases, DGCIM arrested, detained and tortured civilians not affiliated with any military operations or personnel. 745 Arrests 307. Arrests by DGCIM followed similar patterns. They took place in daylight hours, either at the arrestee’s workplace or military base or at DGCIM facilities, after the arrestee was summoned for a meeting.746 DGCIM officers did not identify themselves and often had their faces covered and/or used aliases. Their institutional affiliation was nevertheless apparent by their uniforms or in some cases by the logo on the vehicles. 308. The arrests took place in different places around the country. In the cases reviewed, arrests took place in 13 of the 23 states in Venezuela. The arrestees were brought to DGCIM Boleíta in Caracas, either directly, or via a “safe houses”, for a period of hours or days (see below). During transfers, victims were sometimes blindfolded or brought along indirect routes, purportedly to confuse them about their whereabouts.747 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 82 Mission Interview C2EE03 in May 2020; Mission Interview C2EE04 in May 2020; Mission Interview C2EE09 in June 2020; C2EE10 in June 2020; Mission Interview C2EE15 in July 2020. Mission Interview C2EE09 in May 2020; Mission Interview C2EE15 in July 2020. Mission Interview with Lawyer Emilio Bolivar in June 2020, Mission Interview with Rafaela Requesens in May 2020, Mission Interview with Lawyer Joel Garcia in May 2020, Mission Interview C2DD09 in June 2020. List of individuals arrested between 2014 and 2020 and relevant information documented by NGO Foro Penal, updated to July 2020, on file with the Mission. Cases of Case 19: Karen Palacios, C2EE18 (confidential), Carlos Marron Colmenares, Mission Interview C1AA027 in May 2020. Cases include, for example, Case 13: Luis Humberto la Sotta, Case 14: Mayor Isaias Lenin Falcón, C3DD14, C3DD15, C3DD17, C3DD32, C3DD33. Including the cases of Case 15: Colonel Oswaldo Valentin Garcia Palomo, Case 15: Colonel Jose Rommel Acevedo Montañez, Case 15: Antonio José Iabichuela, Case 18: Ariana Granadillo, Sorbay Padilla, Mission interview with Jameson Marcial Jimenez Maza in March 2020, Argenis Granadillo, C3EE03, C3EE06, C3EE08.