E/CN.4/1993/26 page 53 (b) Douglas Gadea Morales, a Nicaraguan, was arrested at Guatemala City airport on 22 September 1991 by police and the Drug Enforcement Agency representative in Guatemala. For five hours he was given electric shocks and severely beaten. Threats were made to kill him; (c) Juan Pablo Lemus Silva, an official of the International Union of Food and Allied Workers associations was arrested at Monte Carlos, Mixco, on 20 November 1991 by police who beat him and left him semi-conscious. He was later taken to the Zone 19 national police 4th corps station and again beaten; (d) Eduardo Amado López Hernández, age school pupils' demonstration on 27 April 1992 recently created unit consisting of personnel military police and the armed forces. He was bleach. 14, was arrested at a secondary by personnel of "Hunapu", a of the national police, mobile beaten and forced to drink 239. The Special Rapporteur also received information on the maltreatment of the following street children: Moisés Rivas, age 15, Marvin Antonio Mejía (also known as Diego Chouza Franco), age 16, Manuel López, age 16, Carlos Antonio Contreras, age 17; Boris Velásquez, age 17, Juan López Gonzalez also known as Tijuana, age 12, Erik Mendoza Lopez also known as Leprosy, age 17, José R. López and Luis Antonio Roldán. 240. According to the information received 16 street children, including those listed, were arrested by the mobile military police in Guatemala City, Zone 1, on 6 March 1992. According to witnesses they were beaten and handcuffed on arrest. One, Carlos Antonio Contreras, had been badly beaten on 24 February 1992 by national police who accused him of stealing some sunglasses. 241. Melvin Enrique Girón and Omar Francisco Morán were arrested by four members of Hunapu on 18 March 1992 in the Barrajuste market, Guatemala City, Zone 1. They were beaten on arrest and the first mentioned was given electric shocks using the "Chinese stick". 242. José Vidal, Nelson Larios, Mario René Hernandez Aguirre and Fernando Sarcéno were arrested by Hunapu personnel on 19 March 1992, also in the Barrjuste market. They were taken into a van and beaten and thrown out while the van was moving. 243. Felipe González, also known as Chiripa, age 14, and José Corrado Mendoza, also known as Olindo, age 18, were severely beaten by men believed to be connected with the security forces in Guatemala City, Zone 1, on 20 January 1992. 244. In addition the Special Rapporteur addressed an urgent appeal to the Government under resolution 1992/59 concerning the cases of David Estuardo Mejía Paiz and Axel Mejía Paiz on 7 April 1992. During the preceding months the Paiz family had been the target of continuous threats and harassment and their home had been kept under constant observation by men believed to be connected with the security forces. Axel Mejía worked as supervisor of the Casa Alianza emergency centre. The Casa has supplied information to the United Nations concerning the maltreatment frequently suffered by street

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