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(l)
Itziar Amezaga was arrested at her home in Getxo by civil guards on
29 January 1992. She was hooded and beaten and a plastic bag was put over her
head. She was also sexually harassed;
(m)
José Maria Arazamendia, workman, was arrested at his home in
Elorrio by civil guards on 29 January 1992. He was badly beaten;
(n)
Maria Angeles Larrea, housewife, was arrested at her home in Getxo
by civil guards on 1 February 1992. She was beaten and sexually harassed;
(o)
José Félix Marías Matyrana, workman, was arrested at his home in
Elorrio by civil guards on 3 February 1992. He was beaten and given electric
shocks;
(p)
José Maria Azpitarte Ispizua, retired, was arrested at his home in
Bermeo by civil guards on 5 February 1992. He was beaten and threatened;
(q)
Rosa María Arán Txakartegi, worker, was arrested in Gernika by
civil guards on 5 February 1992. She was beaten. A plastic bag was placed
over her head and she was given electric shocks on sensitive parts of the
body. She was also sexually harassed;
(r)
Begoña Ezkerra, waitress, was arrested in Bermeo by civil guards on
6 February 1992. She was forced to do repeated knee bends, beaten, suffered
sexual harassment and was nearly suffocated by means of a plastic bag placed
over her head;
(s)
Alejandro Casanova, waiter, was arrested in Barakaldo by civil
guards on 25 February 1992. He was forced to do repeated knee bends and
beaten on the testicles, stomach and kidneys;
(t)
Felix Gonzalez Huidobro, unemployed, was arrested at his home in
Barakaldo by civil guards on 25 February 1992. He was severely beaten, nearly
suffocated by means of a plastic bag placed over his head, and given electric
shocks;
(u)
Estanislao Davadillo, electrician, was arrested at his home in
Barakaldo by civil guards on 25 February 1992. He was badly beaten, given
electric shocks and suffered sexual harassment.
402. The Government states that all the persons listed were correctly treated.
They were under judicial supervision at all times since the judge on duty at
the high court and the judge of the place where the arrest took place were
notified of the arrests immediately they occurred. All the detainees, with
the exception of José Felix Marias Maturana and José María Azpitarte, who were
released at area headquarters, were taken to civil guard headquarters and
remained there until they made a statement for later presentation to the
national court. While at the headquarters they were visited on various
occasions by national court forensic medical practitioners who did not report
lesions on any of them.
403. The Special Rapporteur was informed that under the Criminal Proceedings
Law persons arrested by reason of suspected connections with an armed band
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