A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Findings 862. Based on the facts above, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that arbitrary arrest and detention, short term enforced disappearance, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment were committed against Colonel Rommel Acevedo, Colonel Oswaldo Garcia Palomo and Mr. Antonio José Iabichuela. 863. DGCIM officers from the Special Directorate of Penal and Criminalistic Investigations under Colonel Hannover Guerrero, along with officers from the Special Affairs unit under Major Granko Arteaga, were involved in the arrest and detention. The torture was perpetrated by DGCIM officers under Major Granko Arteaga and another officer referred to as “Captain Santiago”. 864. Furthermore, the Mission has also reasonable grounds to believe conditions in DGCIM Boleíta during both Colonel Rommel Acevedo and Garcia Palomo’s detention amount to a violation of the prohibition of torture and cruel inhuman degrading treatment and punishment. DGCIM Coronel Terán Hurtado and the Director Iván Hernández Dala are responsible for the facility. CASE 16: Cotiza uprising, Sargent Luis Alexander Bandres Figueroa 865. The Mission examined the arrest and detention of 24 military sergeants and one civilian accused of involvement in a military uprising at Cotiza on 21 January 2019. The Mission selected one of the cases, Sergeant Luis Alexander Bandres Figueroa, who commanded the group, for more detailed investigation. 866. Based on information collected,1573 the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that similar acts were commited against the following individuals: Andres Alfonzo Paredes Soler; Jorge Enrique Rico Arrieta; Alberto José Piñango Salas; José Daniel González Ospedales; Nomar Eduardo Salcedo Méndez; Yordanis Alirio Camacaro González; Luis Geraldo Oviedo Piña; Roberto Catalino Romero Pérez; Hugo Alexander Carrillo Santana; Yofre Javier Castro Alviarez; Luis Alfredo Lobo Medina; Ronaldo Jesús Romero Aguinagalde; Carlos Enrique Rivero Martínez; Kelvin Manuel Charles Ramírez; Hevert David Glod Vásquez; Luis Alberto Peña Arteaga; Jlihe Thubal Hernández Palma; Geomer Narciso Martínez Natera; Edgar Jesús Díaz Vivenes; Wolfang Arquimedes González Carrasco; Luis Alfredo Milanes Chirinos; Asdrubal Gabriel Chirino López; Yeicer Moises Montero Mujica; Carlos Andres Villa Torres. The Uprising and Arrest 867. On 21 January 2019, a group of at least 24 officers1574 of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard published a video, filmed from the San José de Cotiza military base in Caracas, in which they disavowed the Government of Maduro. The declaration was made at 4 a.m. and broadcast on social media.1575 868. The group was led by Sergeant Luis Alexander Bandres Figueroa, who appears in videos with other officers, encouraging further defections. In one video, Mr. Bandres can be seen saying, “People of Venezuela, here speaks Third Sergeant Major Luis Alexander Bandres Figueroa of the GNB. I am alongside my GNB warriors and we ask for the support 1573 1574 1575 176 Mission Interview with Foro Penal in July 2020, Mission Interview with Sandra Hernández on 24 June 2020, Documents C3DD21, C3DD22, C3DD24, on file with the Mission, Mission Interview C3DD25 on file with the Mission, Mission Interview with Jesús Medina Ezaine on 27 July 2020. The sergeants claim they were over 100 military officers, whereas the official narrative refers to a “small group”. YouTube Video, “Vivo Play, Militares de comando GNB se pronuncia en Cotiza”, 21 January 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ESkNRYQdY; See also, YouTube Video, Caraota Digital, Del alzamiento militar a la protesta en Cotiza: así transcurrió la antesala del 23Ene (+Cronología), 21 January 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbA990H1mpg, El Tiempo, Levantamiento militar contra Maduro | EL TIEMPO, 21 January 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3IGTsnYXcc.