 According to López, SEBIN agents have been taking a picture of him with a copy of the day's newspaper every day since his return to house arrest.In October 2017, the head of a private security team guarding López and his home was arrested; he has not been seen since.On November 17, 2017, SEBIN officials reinforced the surveillance of López's house, after the former mayor of Caracas, who was in the same situation, fled on the same day to Colombia.