A/HRC/45/CRP.11 saw them for an hour on Saturdays. The police often entered his cell, threatened him and beat him.2045 1158. On 29 October 2015, the Twenty-Third Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Judicial District of Zulia state charged C4FF08 for drug trafficking and possession. The trial began on 5 April 2016 in the Eighth Trial Court of Zulia State Criminal Judicial Circuit, under case No. 8J-1013-16. The trial lasted two months, during which four hearings were held, on 5 and 14 April, 10 May and 6 June 2016.2046 1159. Five police officers from the DIEP Information Research and Processing Section who participated in arrest stated that CF4408 had been arrested close to a renowned local restaurant. Their accounts were inconsistent on different aspects of the story, including where they found the narcotic substance. Their statements on timing of the operation and presence of witnesses were also contradictory.2047 1160. C4FF08’s lawyers called ten defence witnesses and were able to prove C4FF08’s innocence. They were also able to show the court that C4FF08 had been removed from his house in underwear during an OLP and that he had not been carrying the drugs officers claimed to have found on his person.2048 Prosecution evidence was not sufficiently reliable or convincing for the Court to determine C4FF8’s criminal responsibility. 1161. After spending 9 months and 27 days in detention, on 13 June 2016, CF4408 was found not guilty and was released. The judge denied the request presented by the defence to charge the officials involved for manipulating records and simulating a punishable act. 2049 1162. After the release, C4FF08’s family moved to an apartment located in the centre of Maracaibo, where they noticed surveillance. C4FF08 recognized some of the officers who had beaten him during his detention. C4FF08 and his closest family left the country in 2016.2050 Findings 1163. Based on the facts above, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that extrajudicial executions were committed against C4FF19 and C4FF20. CPBEZ officers from the Maracaibo DIEP and West Department were involved in these violations. The Mission also has reasonable grounds to believe that C4FF21 and C4FF23 were extra-judicially killed by security forces during this OLP, although no unit or division has been specified. In spite of the scarcity of information available relating to C4FF22, based on the circumstances surrounding his death, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that he was also extrajudicially executed by security forces. 1164. The Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that C4FF08 was victim of acts of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment committed by police officers belonging to CPBEZ Maracaibo DIEP Information Research and Processing Section. The same force detained him arbitrarily. 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 226 Ibid. Document C4FF06 on file with the Mission. Document C4FF06 on file with the Mission. Ibid. Ibid. Mission Interviews C4FF07 and C4FF08 in June 2020.