E/CN.4/1993/26 page 75 322. Francisco Quijano García was arrested in Mexico City by the judicial police in connection with a criminal investigation on 21 June 1990. His body was found a year later with unmistakable signs of severe torture. 323. The Government stated the National Human Rights Commission had made recommendations to the public prosecutor's department calling for the initiation of criminal proceedings. The Commission considered that the action so far taken by the Public Prosecutor Department had been incomplete and unsatisfactory. 324. Raúl Vázquez Hernández, age 15, was arrested in Villahermosa, Tabasco, on 8 December and taken to the police station. While he was in solitary confinement he was beaten on various parts of the body and suffered attempted strangulation. Because of his injuries he was committed to the Juan Graham public health hospital the following day. 325. The Government stated that the Tabasco State Public Prosecutor's Department had informed the National Human Rights Commission that the prisoner had not been maltreated by the personnel responsible for his detention and that he had tried to hang himself. Expert examination by the Commission established that the marks on the youth's body had been the work of third parties. The investigation continues. 326. Santiago Jiménez Sánchez was arrested by the State police in Villahermosa, Tabasco on 8 January 1992. He was taken to the State Public Prosecutor's Department where he was beaten, forced to swallow three coins and had a jet of water squirted into his mouth. He was told he would be shot with a pistol. A few days later he had to be admitted to the Juan Graham hospital. 327. The Government states that the case is being investigated by the National Human Rights Commission. 328. Jesús Arturo Narváez Herrera was arrested by public security police in Tacotalpa, Tabasco, on 26 January 1992. He was held for several hours during which he was kicked and beaten with rifle butts. 329. The Government stated that the incident had not been the subject of a complaint to the competent authorities and accordingly an investigation could not be undertaken. 330. Mexico's periodic report was examined by the Committee against Torture at its ninth session (9-20 November 1992). The report is reproduced in document CAT/C/17/Add.3. 331. The Special Rapporteur was also informed that about 100 persons, most of them members of the Ch'ol and Tzeltal Indian communities, were arrested while taking part in a peaceful demonstration at Palenque, Chiapas, in late December 1991. Those arrested were taken to the state public prosecutor's Department at Tuxtla Gutiérrez. All were beaten and threatened with death. For a number of days they received neither food nor medical treatment. The following were the names of some of the detainees: Antonio Ramirez Jiménez,