A/HRC/45/CRP.11 NGO, the Network Support for Justice and Peace”.2163 The investigation for the death of the teenager, officially initiated on 20 November 2016, was also carried out by the Sixty-Second national Prosecutor’s Officer.2164 1212. On 27 November 2017, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that it was filing charges against 12 members of the 323 Caribbean Battalion, for the death of the 12 men: • Lieutenant-Colonel José Angel Rojas Córdova • Major Luis Eduardo Romero Arcia • Sergeant Major Miguel Francisco Rodríguez Rodríguez • First Sergeant Orlando José Mosegui Barrios • First Sergeant Rafael Luis Acevedo Galanton • First Sergeant Luis Ramón Figuera Salazar • First Sergeant Francisco José Rivas Salazar • First Sergeant Ronny José Antón Antón • Second Corporal Archimedes José Aguey • Second Corporal Luis Eduardo Machado Márquez • Captain Daniel Rafael Contreras Primera • First Corporal Fabián de Jesús Rangel Rangel.2165 1213. The Public Prosecutor’s Office informed the public that it would charge the accused with (1) intentional homicide2166; (2) torture and inhuman and degrading treatment; 2167 (3) enforced disappearance;2168 and (4) illegitimate deprivation of liberty,2169 among others. The investigation into the enforced disappearance of the five young men who were not found is linked to this process. 1214. On 29 November 2016, seven more members of the 321 Caribbean Battalion were arrested for the death of the teenager. Those put in pre-trial detention were Lieutenant Ender Alexander Flores Fajardo; First Lieutenant Yorgenis Moisés Monsalve Rubio; Third Sergeant Major Miguel Francisco Rodríguez Rodríguez; Second Sergeant Joneal Gil Bello; First Sergeants Álvaro José Torres Tonito and Rafael David Achique Medina; and First Corporal Jefferson Jonathan Florián Pérez.2170 These men were charged with qualified homicide,2171 torture,2172 illegitimate deprivation of liberty2173 and violation of the home2174. 2163 2164 2165 2166 2167 2168 2169 2170 2171 2172 2173 2174 Venevisión News, Entrevista Venevisión: Luisa Ortega Díaz, Fiscal General de la República, minute 11:26, 30 November 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm3NWIJULQM. Mission Interview C4FF09 in February 2020. Public Prosecutor’s Office, Barlovento: informe sobre víctimas y hechos ocurridos en Barlovento: masacre a 12 personas, February 2017, p. 49, available at: https://lortegadiaz.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/12/barlovento-ultima-version4-16-05-2017.pdf. See also Diario Panorama, Defensor del Pueblo: Detuvimos a otro mayor y un capitán del ejército por caso Barlovento, 29 November 2016, minute 02:41, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdiS3Tw_hvI. See also Venevisión News, Fiscalía imputará a mayor y capitán del Ejército por muerte de 12 personas en Barlovento, 8 December 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-AOttRaAYc. Criminal Code, art. 405 and ff. 1999 Constitution, art 46. 2013 special law to prevent and punish torture, art.17. 1999 Constitution, art 45 and Criminal Code, art. 180-A. 1999 Constitution, art. 44 and Criminal Code, arts. 175 and 176. Crónica Uno, Fiscal: Siete militares más fueron detenidos por torturar hasta morir a un joven en Barlovento, date not specified, available at: https://cronica.uno/fiscal-siete-militares-mas-fuerondetenidos-torturar-morir-joven-barlovento/. See also Aporrea, Presos otros siete militares por asesinato de un adolescente en Barlovento, 29 November 2016, https://www.aporrea.org/ddhh/n300896.html Criminal Code, art. 405 and ff. 1999 Constitution, art 46. 2013 special law to prevent and punish torture, art.17. 1999 Constitution, art. 44 and Criminal Code, arts. 175 and 176. Criminal Code, arts. 183 and 184. 239