A/HRC/45/CRP.11 985. On Saturday, 1 June 2019, plainclothes DGCIM officers came to Ms. Palacios’ grandmother’s house where she was staying in Los Teques, Miranda. They claimed to be music professors, interested in Ms. Palacio’s philharmonic contract. 1718 When Ms. Palacios’ mother expressed doubts, the men insisted they had come from the presidential offices in Miraflores Palace. They said they wanted Ms. Palacios to provide an interview to a victim’s assistance office there.1719 986. When Ms. Palacios and her mother got into their vehicle, they saw two uniformed officers (one male and one female) who had not come to the house. They also saw weapons in the vehicle. One of the officers told them not to worry, that they would bring them home again right after Ms. Palacios’ interview.1720 They arrived in Caracas but were not taken to Miraflores Palace. They were taken to DGCIM Boleíta, where they arrived around 1 p.m. 987. Officers took Ms. Palacios inside while her mother waited outside. DGCIM officers told her again that they only needed to question her daughter and that she would be right back. At around 6 p.m., officers handed Ms. Palacios’ mother a telephone through which Ms. Palacios told her mother that she would be held until her initial court appearance the following Monday. When she began to cry, the officers apologized for having tricked her.1721 988. On Monday 3 June 2019, Ms. Palacios appeared before the Fifth Court of Control, charged with public incitement to commit a crime or to hate, 1722 and was granted noncustodial measures. The family accepted a public defender, only later did they seek private defence. The judge issued an order to release Ms. Palacios on the following Wednesday. 989. The public defender filed the required paperwork for Ms. Palacios’ release on thef ollowing day Tuesday 4 June 2019. The next day, her mother went to DGCIM, where they denied having received release orders. At the tribunal, judicial officers explained that the order had not been processed. The secretary then filled out the forms and told her to return to Boleíta to wait. The order did not arrive. The next morning, the courts bailiff’s station told her that the presidency of the circuit had not yet approved the order, despite the approval of all other orders from the previous day.1723 990. On 18 June 2019, the release orders were officially issued. However, Ms. Palacios remained in custody at Boleíta.1724 Her mother continued to request her release, with no response from DGCIM.1725 Ms. Palacios was unable to receive visits from her lawyer or family during her detention at Boleíta. 1726 Detention in DGCIM Boleíta 991. Ms. Palacios’ mother went every day to DGCIM headquarters to take her daughter drinking water. Occasionally, the officers would allow her to also provide toilet paper and 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 https://twitter.com/FidelinaMontes/status/1133901170106351616; https://twitter.com/elipsis108/status/1133828656017678336; https://twitter.com/mamaugre/status/1133907699022946304. Document C2EE19 on file with the Mission; Mission Interview C2EE17 in June 2020. Document C2EE19, on file with the Mission; Mission Interview C2EE17 in June 2020. Ibid. Mission Interview C2EE17 in June 2020. Criminal Code, art. 285. Mission Interview C2EE17 in June 2020. Mission Interview C2EE11 in June 2020; Information reported in the media indicates that multiple women held in DGCIM Boleíta at that time had also been issued judicial release orders. See, for example: Infobae, Una víctima de las torturas cuenta el horror que se vive en los sótanos de la Dirección de Contrainteligencia de Maduro, 21 July 2019, available at: https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2019/07/21/una-victima-de-las-torturas-cuenta-elhorror-que-se-vive-en-los-sotanos-de-la-direccion-de-contrainteligencia-de-maduro/ Mission Interview C2EE17 in June 2020; NTN24, Tenía miedo que la mataran mientras dormía: madre de la clarinetista presa en Venezuela”, 15 July 2019, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=xElGmjyaI68&feature=emb_title. Mission Interview C2EE11 in June 2020. 193