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REDACTED Page 155 of 190 Furthermore, according to a report by Amnesty International, the General Prosecutor’s Office informed that it has requested that the case be dismissed. This would result in the investigation into the Gloria Tobon’s complaint of torture and other ill-treatment being closed without any of those responsible being brought to justice.”677 ix) Jaime Yéspica On 22 March 2014 in San Jacinto, Maracay, State of Aragua, the police operated with pro-government armed paramilitaries to arrest and injure many civilians, including Jaime Yéspica.678 Yéspica was captured by pro government armed paramilitary members and local police officers acting together.679 Once they held him and brutally attacked him. The attack was recorded and the video shows more than ten people hitting Yéspica.680 One local police officer hit Yéspica with a concrete block on his head, kicked him in his face and hit him with a wood stick.681 x) Omar Briceño On 23 April, 2014, 20 year-old student Omar Briceño was outside the Rafael Urdaneta University, near a pizza restaurant, in Zulia State, when there were protests in the area. Military officials came towards him and pushed him to the ground where they started to kick him and shout insults. Afterwards one of the officers, who Briceño identified by the surname Yánez, shot him on his leg at close range with a shotgun with rubber bullets causing a serious injury.682 The National Security and Armed Forces as well as the pro-government armed paramilitaries who have been repressing the protests have adopted the practice of systematically shooting weapons with rubber bullets at close range (placing the barrel 677 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: the Faces of Impunity. p.32 678 In this video you can see how the colectivos hurts Jaime with the acquiescence of the local police ELSELVATICO. (2014) Brutal golpiza a estudiante Jaime Yespica en Aragua 19-03-2014. Youtube. [Online] 19 March. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Ni7yrSklA [Accessed 26 October, 2015]; and testimony ELSELVATICO. (2014) Testimonio de Jaime Yespica (Estudiante de la UCV agredido en San Jacinto, Maracay). Youtube. [Online] 22 March. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ZWGJtmYrk [Accessed 22 October, 2015] 679 FORO PENAL VENEZOLANO. (2015) Politically motivated detentions, torture, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and killings (2014-2015) 680 In this video you can see how the colectivos hurts Jaime with the acquiescence of the local police ELSELVATICO. (2014) Brutal golpiza a estudiante Jaime Yespica en Aragua 19-03-2014. and testimony ELSELVATICO. (2014) Testimonio de Jaime Yespica (Estudiante de la UCV agredido en San Jacinto, Maracay) 681 DE LA ROSA, A. (2014) Casos de maltrato y tortura tras protestas están impunes. El Universal. [Online] 24 March. Available from: http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140324/casos- de-maltrato-y-tortura-tras-protestas-estan-impunes [Accessed 26 October, 2015] 682 FORO PENAL VENEZOLANO. (2015) Politically motivated detentions, torture, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and killings (2014-2015)