A/HRC/45/CRP.11 with PNB, CICPC and local police commanders. President Maduro said that OLPs would be implemented throughout the country. He called upon police chiefs to show the highest standards of leadership and morality.1883 1066. The same day, the Minister of the Interior held a press conference and announced that the Cota 905 operation was underway, “within seven areas of responsibility and six areas of containment”.1884 According to him, the operation was being carried out mainly by the GNB, with PNB, SEBIN, CICPC support, including air support.1885 The Minister of the Interior confirmed that he had received direct instructions and guidance (orientaciones directas) from President Maduro for the operation, from the planning phase onwards. 1886 1067. The operation started at around 3 a.m. Monday, 13 July 2015, as security forces cordoned off the outer perimeter of the neighbourhood. A witness described police moving through the neighbourhood “from the top to the bottom”.1887 A PNB officer who participated explained that the security forces divided into groups, one entering through Las Quintas, one through El Cementerio and another through Torres de la Vega.1888 The same PNB agent said that the GNB fenced the hill with tanks “so that no one left, no one could run away”. 1889 1068. Video footage taken that day shows dozens of armed agents at the crossroads between Avenida Páez and Avenida Laureles, one of the main entrances into the neighbourhood.1890 There were vehicles bearing SEBIN, CICPC and GNB insignia, accompanied by motorcycle 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 210 YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Intervención completa de Nicolás Maduro sobre el Esequibo y la OLP, from minute 58:30 to minute 1:12:00, 14 July 2015, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56lqlEKvJNM&t=705s. YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, González López: Mueren 14 maleantes en Cota 905, operativos en Betania y Ciudad Tiuna, 13 July 2015, from minute 05:40, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vd3TEAC16I. YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, González López: Mueren 14 maleantes en Cota 905, operativos en Betania y Ciudad Tiuna, 13 July 2015, from minute 05:54, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vd3TEAC16I. Ibid., minute 7:45. Statement made by a victim and witness of the operation in an interview with a Venezuelan citizen security expert (Interview No. 3), on file with the Mission. Statement made by a police officer in an interview with a national citizen security expert No. 2, on file with the Mission. Ibid. YouTube Video, La Patilla, Así fue el operativo en La Cota 905, 13 July 2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwj7G5FJlI&has_verified=1.