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. 11 12 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) 71

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