Carol Padilla

Carol Bealexis Padilla Reyes de Arretureta (born 19 February 1972) is a Venezuelan judge currently serving at the First Special Court of First Instance in Control Functions and a substitute judge of the Court of Appeals of the criminal judicial circuit of Caracas. She is known for issuing arrest warrants against National Assembly deputies Julio Borges and Juan Requesens in 2018, and being involved in the March 2019 arrest of Roberto Marrero, Guaido's chief of staff.

According to National Assembly deputy Julio Borges, Padilla is the right-hand man of the president of the National Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello. In 2002, she represented one of the "victims" of the Llaguno Bridge Events when filing a lawsuit that determined whether there were merits in prosecuting to Franklin Arrieche, Blanca Rosa Marble of León and Hadel Mostafá Paolini, magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice, under the charge of "political plot". On that occasion they suggested to the then president of the Supreme Court, Ivan Rincon, that he resign his post to guarantee continuity of the maximum court before the "coup d'état".

Judge Padilla was a judicial representative of Yonny Bolívar in 2005, whose trial was against him for kidnapping, concealing firearms, usurping a military title and obtaining a passport with false information. Yonny Bolívar is also responsible for the murder of journalist Adriana Urquiola during the 2014 protests. The U.S. Department of State issued a statement describing Padilla as the judge involved in the March 2019 detention of Roberto Marrero, Guaidó's top aide.