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Haiti
116. A message was sent on 2 June 19 88 concerning Rene Pierre Louis allegedly
held incommunicado for six months in the Criminal Investigation Service in
Port-au-Prince. He was reportedly subjected t o t o r t u r e .
117. Another message was sent on 29 September 1988 concerning Serge Joseph,
arrested on 5 August 1988 and held in detention in the l e s Cayes barracks.
Afterwards he was taken to hospital suffering from serious injuries as a
r e s u l t of t o r t u r e .
Honduras
118. A message was sent on 25 March 1988 concerning Hector Hernandez Fuentes,
who had been harassed by security personnel. Furthermore, kidnap threats were
made against his 15-year-old son, Hector Hernandez Salinas and Gustavo
Melendez Madrid.
119. Another message was sent on 5 May 1988 concerning Roger Gonzalez
allegedly detained on 19 April 1988 by members of the Direccion Nacional de
Investigaciones (DNI) (National Police Directorate). It was reported that
Mr. Gonzalez was transferred on 25 April to the police headquarters in
Casamata. Two habeas corpus procedures were filed on his behalf, one on
22 April 1988 in Tegucigalpa and the other on 25 April 1988 in Casamata. Fear
was expressed that he might have been subjected to torture.
120. Furthermore, a message was sent on 23 September 1988 concerning the
alleged detention of Father Alberto Rayman on 14 September 1988 by three
members of DNI. it was reported that Father Rayman was detained near the
headquarters of the Honduran Workers' Federation in San Pedro Sula. Fear was
expressed for his physical integrity.
121. Finally, a message was sent on 2 December 1988 concerning the detention
of Ramon Alfredo Betanco on 17 October, Juan Bautista Valladares Aguilar on
19 October, Francisco Javier Ruiz on 21 October 1988. They were arrested in
the city of Choluteca by security forces. In addition, it was alleged that
two Nicaraguan citizens (Marco Antonio Cheves Sovermelleri and Jacinto
Martinez Davila) had been detained by security forces in Gualiquene, Orocuina,
Department of Choluteca. Fear was expressed that they had been subjected to
torture.
122. In a letter dated 2 December 1988, the Government of Honduras informed
the Special Rapporteur that it had noted the allegations transmitted from 1985
to 1988 by the Special Rapporteur and stated that the information had been
submitted to the Inter-institutional Commission for Human Rights, which would
issue a report upon conclusion of its investigations. Therefore the
Government of Honduras requested the Special Rapporteur to defer his study of
the communications regarding Honduras until the above-mentioned Commission had
pronounced itself and forwarded its conclusions to him.
123. In addition, on 7 December 1988, the Government replied to the urgent
action transmitted on 2 December 1988 stating that certain elements from the
military in Choluteca had been charged with having committed several crimes
and were being held at the military premises in Salamar awaiting trial.
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