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Everywhere, officers told her that they had not detained anyone that day and Zambrano was not there, she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following day, at 8 p.m., Zambrano called Mart\u00ednez, said he was being held at DGCIM headquarters in Caracas, and asked her for clothes and personal items. Since then, Zambrano has been allowed to call his wife almost daily, and although he says he has not been mistreated, no family member nor lawyer has been allowed to see Zambrano since his detention, Mart\u00ednez told Human Rights Watch.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn one of the calls, Zambrano told his wife that during his interrogation DGCIM officers said he had been detained for having tweeted against the government, and that \u201che should reflect on, and think very well, before writing.\u201d The officers allegedly mentioned a reply Zambrano posted to a tweet by President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s son, in which Zambrano said: \u201cUnhappy bastard! Enjoy what you have left because what your shitty revolution stole from us, will be paid back!\u201d They also allegedly referred to Zambrano\u2019s retweets\u2014which include, for example, cartoons making fun of a pro-government \u201cdigital militia,\u201d videos of members of the Bolivarian National Police reportedly stealing from civilians, and tweets with videos accusing armed pro-government groups of using excessive force against demonstrators. At the time of his arrest, Zambrano had 300 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/danzambrano?lang=es\u0022\u003Efollowers\u003C\/a\u003E; now, he has more than 3,400.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince May 4, no one has questioned Zambrano, according to Mart\u00ednez. 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