A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Commander and the Zulia state PNB chief (CPBEZ). 1955 Also present were the Commanders of the 13th and 11th Brigades and Zulia state prosecutors. 1101. On 9 August 2015, Major General Urbano, ZODI commander for Zulia, explained that ZODI number 11 of Zulia state had carried out the OLP, directed by the FANB commander-in-chief and President Nicolás Maduro, in accordance with General Vladimir Padrino López’s guidelines, as FANB strategic operational commander. 1956 1102. The General explained that a joint citizen security operation had begun at 2 a.m. in 111 Wayuu Integral Defence Area involving 2,350 men and women from the FANB and state security agencies.1957 According to the General, they used armoured vehicles, floating units and helicopters, tactical and strategic low-level radars and state-of-the-art communications, social strategic intelligence and counterintelligence.1958 He declared the following operational results: the dismantling of the Los Filúitos gang, 10 arrests, the seizure of 14 weapons of different calibres and the confiscation of food, products and 176,000 litres of fuel. 1959 1103. The second of the four OLPs took place on 13 August 2015 in “La Guajirita II” community, Idelfonso Vásquez parish, Maracaibo municipality. State security forces detained 12 people. Local residents complained that security forces broke into the houses and stole money, clothes and necessities. There were no reports of deaths. 1960 1104. The third OLP is the one described in detail, below. It took place on 14 September 2015 in Santa Rosa de Agua sector, Maracaibo municipality. Zulia State Governor Arias Cárdenas told the media that the objective was to reduce crime in the sector and restore peace and tranquillity to the town.1961 According to the Governor, he received “innumerable messages thanking the armed force, the security force and public order”. 1962 1105. According to official sources, five people were killed during this 14 September operation.1963 No killings had been reported for the other operations. 1106. Approximately 60 people were arrested during the 14 September operation and weapons1964 and drugs were seized. The majority of those captured were fishermen returning from their work early in the day. They were taken to a multipurpose community court in Santa Rosa de Agua. After the initial verifications of their background records, only two people remained in detention: one wanted in connection with a 2007 homicide and the other 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Major General Franklin García, Major General Tito Urbano Meleán, Major General Manuel Graterol Colmenares, Major General Carlos Sánchez Vargas, respectively. YouTube Video, Observatorio Venezolano de Seguridad Ciudadana OVS, OLP Municipio La Guajira Estado Zulia Parte II 09/08/15, minute 1:07, 9 August 2015. Video on file with the Mission. Diario Panorama, Reporte del despliegue de la OLP en Los Filúos, estado Zulia, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGw-anr5dB4. Ibid., minute 1:03. Ibid., minute 1:15. Ibid., minute 2:23. Comisión para los Derechos Humanos del Zulia (CODHEZ), Situación general de derechos humanos en el estado Zulia, informe anual 2016, p. 62, available at: http://codhez.ong/dataadmn/images/publicacion/informe/CODHEZ_INFORME_ANUAL_2016.PDF. See tweet from Governor Francisco Arias Cárdenas, https://twitter.com/PanchoArias2012/status/643398600488321024. See also Agencia Venezolana de Noticias, Autoridades aplican OLP en el sector de Santa Rosa de Agua, available at: http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/autoridades-aplican-olp-sector-santa-rosa-agua-maracaibo. Noticias Venezuela, Arias Cárdenas sobre la OLP en Santa Rosa de Agua, 14 September 2015, minute 0:45, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QMv6NofuTM. CPBEZ GBZ, Comisión mixta dio de baja a cinco miembros de la banda “Los Chatarreros”, 15 September 2015, available at: https://www.facebook.com/cpbez.gbz/photos/a.859986000738461/957646460972414/?type=3. The Mission confirmed that authorities erred in naming one of them among those killed. It appears they mistook him for his brother who was actually killed during the operation. Three pistols (9 mm, 380 and 765 calibres requested for robbery since 2007) and two revolvers, both 38 calibres, Smith and Wesson and Ranger brands. See Diario La Verdad, “La matanza policial se extiende a Santa Rosa, 15 September 2015, available at: http://www.laverdad.com/sucesos/82857-lamatanza-policial-se-extiende-a-santa-rosa.html. 217