E/CN.4/1993/26 page 32 111. Ngawang Dechoe, arrested on 10 April 1991; Ngawang Gomchen, arrested in August 1991; Ngawang Zangpo, arrested in August 1991; Jampel Nyima, arrested in August 1991; Ngawang Ludrup, arrested on 16 May 1991. According to the reports, these five Tibetan monks from the Drepung monastery were being held at the Gutsa detention centre run by the police (PSB) and have been tortured. Fears have been expressed that they may further be subjected to this kind of treatment. (17 November 1992). Colombia Information transmitted to the Government 112. In a letter dated 21 August 1992 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received reports on the following cases of torture alleged to have occurred in Colombia: (a) Jaime Ramírez Corzo, José del Carmen Najas and Omar Merchan were arrested at Esmeralda, Arauca, on 5 March 1991 by a military patrol which accused them of being members of a guerilla band. They were stripped, tortured and threatened with death. Jaime Ramírez was forced to drink salted water without stopping for breath and his head was held under water. He was also forced to lie on the ground while a soldier jumped on his stomach. Before being released they were required to sign a document saying that they had been correctly treated by the army; (b) Harold Alexander Jaramillo, Raúl María Salazar Villareal, Estanislao Anaya and Nelson Jaimes Quintero were arrested in Barrancabermeja, Santander, on 28 September 1991 by members of the national police (SIJIN). They were taken to the police barracks and interrogated. Because of their replies the detainees were held down in water tanks, stripped, tied up and later brutally beaten. Their noses and mouths were covered with towels soaked in salted water and they were given electric shocks of up to 220 volts. They were repeatedly threatened with rape. In the cases of Mr. Anaya and Mr. Quintero an inquiry was held and disciplinary action was taken against the policemen concerned; (c) Norman Alexander Trujillo Correa and Alberto Alarcón Salcedo, both students, were snatched on 2 November 1991 by soldiers of the Maza mechanized group from the Carlos Rosas store on La Angelita road in El Zulia (North Santander). They were forced to lie on the ground face up and their hands were tied. Wet towels were stuffed in their months to prevent them from breathing and they were brutally beaten. Soldiers jumped on their stomachs; (d) Hugo Varela Mondragón, a lawyer, journalist and member of the National Committee of People's Housing Organizations (CENPAVI) was held at Palmira (Valle) on 21 April 1992 by armed men who identified themselves as members of F-2. The next day his body was found with signs of torture in Puente Vélez, Jamundi; (e) Pablo León a plantation manager, was tortured on 19 July 1992 by soldiers of Mobile Brigade 2 near San Vicente, Magdalena Medio. The soldiers threatened to kill him. A complaint was lodged with the municipal attorney;