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REDACTED Page 153 of 190 the Mayor of La Grita in the financing of the protests. In Moreno's words: “That was when they burned all my papers [...] all those I had. They [...] took a screwdriver out the bag where I kept the tools for my motorcycle [...] they started to heat the screwdriver and to burn me with it. They said that I had been on the demonstrations. We told them that I hadn’t. And they burned me. They beat up the friends that were with me, but I was the only one they burned.” They were kept in the square for two hours, where Wuaddy Moreno was beaten with batons. He was then taken to the National Guard headquarters and held there until the following morning, when he was released without charge.668 Moreno lodged a formal complaint with the General Prosecutor’s Office. However, he and his family have been the targets of intimidation on two occasions by members of the National Guard, including the officer alleged to have carried out the torture; he remains on active service. Officers have approached the family demanding that they withdraw the complaint.669 vi) Moisés Guanchez On 3 March 2014, Moisés Guanchez was beaten and wounded by rubber bullets when detained by the GNB, as he left his workplace at the La Cascada Shopping Centre.670 vii) Rafael Angel Cardozo On 17 March 2014, Rafael Angel Cardozo was arrested by members of the Bolivarian National Police in Táchira State. He was kept in detention for five days and spent at least one day in isolation.671 According to his lawyer, the military repeatedly denied that it was holding Rafael Angel and refused access to him. From the moment he was arrested, Cardozo was punched and beaten in the face with helmets, deprived of sleep and threatened of being killed. He was forced to wear a crown made of rope and nails (known as “miguelitos”) on his head. As consequence of this, he suffered lesions to the skin on his scalp of approximately 2cm.672 Prosecutors charged Cardozo with several offences including incitement and conspiracy 668 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, (2015) Venezuela submission the United Nations Human Rights Committee 669 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, (2015) Venezuela submission the United Nations Human Rights Committee 670 UZCATEGUI, R. (2014) La orfandad de llamarse Moisés Guánchez 671 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: the Faces of Impunity. p.34 672 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: the Faces of Impunity. p.34