Venezuelan activist Tamara Suju identified Colonel Luseph Barrios Oliveros as head of the Strategic Operations Group (GOES), accusing him of overseeing tortures at its Miranda headquarters, and stated approximately 200 political prisoners endure beatings and isolation in Tocuyito prison's "El Cajón" basement, in X posts during the 59-minute window ending 1:45 a.m. UTC Dec. 23. Suju described Barrios Oliveros, formerly commander of DGCIM Special Forces, as directly involved in the 2018 Óscar Pérez killing and the case of Captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo, noting GOES reports to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, according to her X post tagging the International Criminal Court. Suju detailed that the 200 prisoners, transferred less than a month ago to Tocuyito, receive "reception combos" of punches, kicks, and trampling upon arrival, followed by hours of sun exposure without food or water before confinement in "El Cajón" cells measuring up to 10 by 5 meters, and demanded publication of the detainees' list via @caslainstitute. A separate X thread by @melania0880 identified Alejandra Romero Castillo, 32, as head of the Third Trial Court for Terrorism, noting her opaque judicial background from DEM in 2014 and familial ties to Brigadier General Jorge Alejandro Romero Castillo, who has held multiple military posts.
