E/CN.4/2000/9 page 46 Mr. Mallias Díaz was made to the Santiago Court of Appeals, but was rejected. In May 1997, he was dismissed from military service. 203. Richard Busto Suárez was allegedly tortured by carabineros from Santiago Police Station No. 7 on 2 January 1997, when he went to give a statement about having been shot in the leg by carabineros the previous day. The Government indicated that during an operation, a number of persons attacked the carabineros, who used firearms for the purpose of intimidating them. Mr. Busto Suárez was one of those accused of inflicting minor injuries on an officer and damaging a police vehicle and had been wounded in the left thigh. Investigation of the facts revealed that the responsible officer had not reported all the necessary information on the events. For this he was given a warning. Other procedural errors were also detected, such as failure to note such circumstances as numerical inferiority, the nature of the sector's inhabitants and the low socio-economic level, which had combined with "the experience and impetuousness of an officer of second lieutenant rank" to create the conditions surrounding the events. Judicial proceedings had been brought before the Sixth Military Prosecutor's Office in Santiago and were in pre-trial investigations, with no committal order having been issued. The Government provided these facts in its letter of 10 February 1999. 204. Marcos Sánchez Andrade was reportedly tortured by officers of the Special Prison Anti-Riot Brigade on 17 January 1997. The Government indicated that Mr. Sánchez Andrade and an officer were both injured when he assaulted the officer, who was taking him to a new location. He had been given medical treatment initially by health personnel of the establishment and, on 19 January, by staff of the central treatment facility. An internal investigation showed no responsibility on the part of prison staff. The Government provided these facts in its letter of 10 February 1999. 205. Francisco Alberto Soto Pávez was allegedly assaulted on 30 April 1997 by members of the Pudahuel Norte police force and suffered severe injuries. The Government indicated that an investigation had been launched into the police actions. Based on the testimony of neighbours who were present at the time of the events and by decision of the relevant prefecture, the officers involved were deemed to have made false statements in order to elude responsibility. For this they were given administrative sanctions: 30 days' arrest for two of them and 25 days' arrest for three others. Charges of excessive force brought before the Sixth Military Prosecutor's Office in Santiago were in the pre-trial investigation stage with no committal order having been issued against institutional staff. In its letter of 10 February 1999, the Government indicated that the Santiago Military Court was considering the possible combination of that case with another being processed by the Second Military Prosecutor's Office of Santiago. 206. By letter dated 29 October 1998, the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government the cases of Oriana Guillermina Alcayaga Yepeda, Roxana Paz Cerda Herrera, Magdalena de la Ángeles Gallardo Bórquez, María Angélica Medina Soto, Eugenia Victoria Mellado Reyes, Flora Luisa Pavez Tobar, Pilar Alejandra Peña Rincón, Doris Magdalena Ojeda Cisternas, Margarita Elizabeth Reveco Pérez, Ana María Sepúlveda Sanhueza, Giovana Tabilo Jara and Rosa Ester Vargas Silva, inmates of the Women's Guidance Centre in San Joaquín. They were allegedly subjected to torture on 15 July 1997 by members of the Santiago Prison Anti-Riot Brigade (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 112). In its letter dated 10 February 1999, the Government indicated that it was the violent and aggressive reaction of the