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(b)
Carlos Delgado, waiter, was arrested in the Moreno district of
Buenos Aires by men in civilian clothes riding in a Ford Falcon without
licence plates. His hands and feet were tied and he was beaten on the stomach
and the soles of his feet while he was interrogated about a stolen motor
cycle. He was nearly suffocated by means of a nylon pouch placed over his
head. This took place in Moreno first district police station. A number of
police took him to a hospital were he was found to be suffering from haematoma
all over his body, particularly on the soles of his feet. One of the injuries
caused serious circulatory difficulties;
(c)
Daniel Caviglia, age 16, was arrested in Luján on 23 July 1990 with
a number of other boy scouts by armed men in civilian clothes who took them to
the police station. All the scouts were beaten. Daniel Caviglia was
stripped, tied to a chair, subjected to the dry submarine treatment and
punched in the stomach. As a result of this incident two policemen are said
to have been dismissed from the force;
(d)
Norberto Hadad was arrested in Luján on 8 August 1990 by members of
the detective squad. According to the report received he was handcuffed,
beaten and subjected to the dry submarine treatment in order to extract a
confession that he had obtained a vehicle illegally. As a result of the
torture an eardrum was perforated;
(e)
Argentino Cabral was arrested on 7 November 1990 by members of the
police intelligence branch in connection with an attack on Barracas school a
few days earlier. He was beaten, subjected to the dry submarine treatment,
handcuffed to a wall and burnt on the shoulder, apparently with cigarettes;
(f)
Aníbal Monzón Novena was arrested on 23 November 1990 by members of
the intelligence branch. He was questioned about an organization called the
Union of Revolutionary Workers, subjected to the dry submarine treatment,
beaten, stripped and hung from the ceiling. He also underwent a mock
execution;
(g)
Walter Bulacio, age 17, was arrested by the police on 19 April 1991
with other young people attending a rock concert. According to witnesses he
was severely beaten. As a result he had to be taken to hospital a few hours
later and died a week afterwards. The autopsy report stated that death was
caused by a congenital condition. The family's lawyers dispute this version
and note that according to a hospital medical report the youth had bruises on
his face and injuries to the skull and thorax.
With regard to the first six cases the Government stated that no complaints or
other material had been received by the Office of Human Rights. With regard
to the seventh case, the Government reported that Walter Bulacio's death had
been caused by a vascular cerebral incident brought on by excessive tension.
The police commissioner responsible for the arrest of Bulacio and the other
youths had been put on trial.
36.
The Committee against Torture examined Argentina's periodic report at
its ninth session (9-20 November 1992). The report is reproduced in document
CAT/C/17/Add.2.
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