CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2
• Recommendation 49/2010 issued by reason of violations of human rights, namely
the right to due process and legal certainty and the right to personal integrity and
safety, allegedly committed against the victims by federal police officers and
Mexican army personnel, who entered their home, inflicted injuries on them and
took them into custody at military camp No. 5, where they continued the illtreatment, finally handing the victims over to the federal prosecution service11
(status: recommendation accepted and in course of implementation);
• Specific recommendation 75/2011 issued by reason of acts which took place in
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, when federal police officers arrested Mr. Noé Fuentes
Chavira, Mr. Rogelio Amaya Martínez, Mr. Gustavo Martínez Rentería, Mr. Víctor
Manuel Martínez Rentería and Mr. Ricardo Fernández Lomelí for alleged
involvement in the murder of a federal police officer and the detonation of a car
bomb in that city12 (status: recommendation accepted and in course of
implementation).
B.
Council of the Federal Judiciary
240. Details recorded by the Council of the Federal Judiciary with regard to cases where
individuals have been convicted of torture offences, including information on the penalties
imposed, are set out below.
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With respect to the recommendation regarding the provision of video recording and audio equipment
to federal police officers so that all arrests made by them would be recorded using such devices, the
institution informed the National Human Rights Commission that the adoption of such an
arrangement would depend not only on budget availability but also on the risk and type of operation
involved and be subject to the safety of civilians and of its own police personnel, the observance of
human rights and respect for the dignity of victims and children, among other considerations.
The federal police internal oversight body and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic
have been sent a copy of the recommendation and informed of the institution’s willingness to afford
such cooperation as may be requested by those authorities. Circulars have been issued to federal
police personnel attached to the federal law enforcement division calling for their continued and
unconditional observance of human rights in the performance of their duties. As regards redress for
the harm caused, no pronouncement on the matter has been made by any administrative or judicial
authority.
The Ministry of Public Security will duly comply with whatever decision is rendered by the judicial
authorities concerning redress. Human rights training content has been expanded with the assistance
of the National Human Rights Commission and other specialized institutions. With regard to the
adoption of measures to prevent excessive use of force, a cooperation agreement on the matter was
concluded by the Ministry of Public Security and ICRC in 2008 and renewed and extended in 2011.
In connection with the recommendation regarding the provision of video recording and audio
equipment to federal police officers so that all arrests made by them would be recorded using such
devices, the institution informed the National Human Rights Commission that the adoption of such an
arrangement would depend not only on budget availability but also on the risk and type of operation
involved and be subject to the safety of civilians and of its own police personnel, the observance of
human rights and respect for the dignity of victims and children, among other considerations.
It will also afford the federal police internal oversight body and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office such
cooperation as may be required by them for the due elucidation of the facts and the commissioner of
that body has been requested to issue instructions to the effect that measures recommended by the
National Human Rights Commission regarding the arrest of persons must be duly complied with.
GE.13-41196 (EXT)
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