1.
To order the joining of the proceedings in the matters of the Monagas Judicial Confinement
Center (“La Pica”); Yare I and Yare II Capital Penitentiary Center (Yare Prison); Penitentiary Center of
the Central Occidental Region (Uribana Prison); El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement
Center, and the Penitentiary Center of Aragua “Cárcel de Tocorón”.
[…]
4.
The Order of the Tribunal of May 15, 2011 in the matter of the Ciudad Bolivar
Judicial Detention Center “Vista Hermosa Prison,” whereby it decided, inter alia:
[…]
2.
To order that the processing of the matters of the Monagas Detention Center (“La Pica”), the
Capital Region Penitentiary Center Yare I and Yare II (Yare Prison), the Occidental Region Penitentiary
Center (Uribana Prison), the Capital Detention Center El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II, the Aragua Detention
Center “Tocorón Prison,” and the Ciudad Bolívar Judicial Detention Center “Vista Hermosa Prison” be
joined.
[…]
5.
The brief of June 13, 2011, whereby the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons
(hereinafter “the representatives”) informed of the facts that occurred “during the night
of June 12, 2011 at the Capital Detention Center Rodeo I, where according to that stated
by authorities to the different media, more than 8 inmates [had] die[d] and another 50
[had been] injured,” a situation originated “by the fight between the inmates of The
Annex and The Tower areas for control of the prison.”
6.
The brief of June 17, 2011, whereby the Inter-American Commission of Human
Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) indicated that
it had received information according to which on June 17, 2011 “thousands of officials of
the Venezuelan National Guard had taken control of the prisons El Rodeo I and II in order
to carry out a search and regain control of the same” and that, according to the inmates’
next of kin “it would be receiving information regarding the inmates who had died and
were injured, the shots fired from armored cars, the presence of snipers, the use of tear
gas grenades, and the possible transfer of [inmates].” Likewise, the brief of June 20,
2011, through which the Commission informed that it had become aware that, within the
framework of the operation carried out by the National Guard at El Rodeo I and II, “a
situation of extreme gravity in which several deaths and injuries ha[d] been recorded still
persisted”; that “a series of transfers of detainees w[ould] be carried out towards other
prisons,” some of which “were part of the present measures”; and that “defamatory
remarks would be spread on the [I]nternet” with regard to the work of Mr. Humberto
Prado, beneficiary of the present provisional measures.
7.
The briefs of June 20 and 23, 2011, whereby Mr. Humberto Prado, in his
capacity as beneficiary of the present provisional measures, forwarded information that
was circulating on the Internet and in the media regarding his person.
8.
The notes of the Secretariat of the Court of June 14, 20, and 23, 2011, whereby
it requested that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter “the State” or
“Venezuela”), following the instructions of the President of the Tribunal, present
information regarding the events that occurred as of June 12, 2011 at the El Rodeo I and
El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Centers and that were reported by the
Commission, the representatives, and Mr. Humberto Prado (supra Having Seen
paragraphs 5 through 7), no later than June 24, 2011.
9.
The brief of June 23, 2011, whereby the State filed a “preliminary report”,
corresponding to the facts mentioned by the Inter-American Commission, the
representatives, and Mr. Humberto Prado (supra Having Seen paragraphs 5 through 7),
as well as to “the actions of the competent State bodies.” The State pointed out the
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