A/HRC/45/CRP.11 items and leave in the middle of the night, as if preparing for an operation. They occasionally brought other people back with them, who they then be beat.1693 964. On 29 May 2018, while Ms. Granadillo and her parents were still being held by DGCIM, two other Granadillo family members filed a complaint alleging arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance with the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Fundamental Rights. The complaint further stated that on 25 May 2018, Colonel García Palomo’s brother-in-law was also detained from his home in Barquisimeto, Lara state, and that his whereabouts were equally unknown.1694 965. Two days after the complaint was filed, on 31 May 2018, the DGCIM officers hooded the family and removed them from the house using an unmarked white sedan. They told the family not to make any complaints or speak to the media. They forbade them from returning to the García Palomo house, not even to gather their personal belongings or legal documents.1695 966. El Capitán specifically told Ms. Granadillo that they would continue to look for Colonel García Palomo, and that they would not hesitate to “disappear” her again to put pressure on the colonel. He told her to abandon her studies and leave town so he would not have to detain her again.1696 967. Earlier that morning, an official had taken Mr. Granadillo’s hood to use. They gave him another, poorer quality, hood, which he could partially see through. Mr. Granadillo saw that the house was located in a wealthy gated neighbourhood, on a quiet one-way street with nice houses approximately 20 metres apart from one another. He did not see any other people besides the security guard post. The security guard raised a barrier to let them pass. They turned right, and Mr. Granadillo saw a white wall with large silver letters that said “Urbanización San José”.1697 968. They dropped the family members on the side of a road in Caracas, where they asked for assistance from a passer-by to call relatives and seek safety.1698 969. Approximately one week later, Mr. Granadillo requested a meeting with a military officer whom he knew from childhood. He wanted to ask for help and for the return of belongings and documents. They met at an office in Fort Tiuna. Mr. Granadillo and his daughter took a taxi to the office, and on the drive to the location, they recognized the same mountainside view they had seen from the living room window. Mr. Granadillo’s friend alluded to his knowledge about DGCIM’s detention of the family, and the meeting was tense. The friend told Mr. Granadillo that his cousin was a terrorist, and joked that, “they really fucked you up, eh?” Ms. Granadillo’s Third Detention (24 June 2018) 970. On 27 May 2018, while DGCIM held Ms. Granadillo and her parents at a clandestine site, the Second Military Court of Control issued an arrest warrant1699 for Ms. Granadillo and 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 190 Ibid. Record of Hearing No. 126, Office for the Protection of Human Rights, Public Prosecutor’s Office, 29 May 2018, on file with the Mission. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Argenis Granadillo, 9 June 2020. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020. Mission Interview with Argenis Granadillo on 9 June 2020. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Argenis Granadillo on 9 June 2020. Arrest warrant No. 057-2018, referenced in S.I.I.P.O.L. Exclusion Request CJPM-TM2oC-057-2018, 3 July 2018, on file with the Mission.