E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.1 page 16 73. Juan Martínez Jácquez was allegedly arrested and tortured on 7 October 1996 by five members of the army at the Rancho El Manzano, section San Juan Nepomuceno, State of Chihuahua. It is said that a complaint was lodged with the chief of the Preliminary Investigations Office in Hidalgo del Parral. The Government stated that it had found no reference to the case. 74. Valentín Carrillo Saldaña was allegedly tortured by members of the army (which denied having arrested him) on 12 October 1996 in San Juan Nepomuceno, municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, State of Chihuahua. His lifeless body, showing obvious signs of violence according to the autopsy carried out, was found on 17 October 1996. The Government stated that criminal proceedings had been instituted before the military court against seven members of the army. All but two were eventually acquitted. One had been sentenced to one year’s ordinary imprisonment and the other is to be court-martialled in due course. A complaint was brought before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission which, on 20 January 1999, arrived at an amicable settlement according to which the relatives of Valentín Carrillo Saldaña were to be compensated and proceedings initiated against the person directly responsible, who was being held in preventive detention. 75. Alejandro Pérez de la Rosa, arrested on 22 December 1999, was allegedly tortured by members of the Federal District Judicial Police in the Federal District in order to make him sign a confession. According to the Government, the investigation carried out by the Human Rights Commission revealed that Alejandro Pérez said that he had been assisted by an officially appointed lawyer and had not at any time been pressured by the Judicial Police. Official experts had also declared, on the day of his detention, that Alejandro Pérez was psychologically capable of making a statement. He had at all times received adequate medical care and had refused hospitalization when it had been recommended. Investigation of the complaint was completed on 3 January 1997. 76. Cornelio Morales González was arrested in Alameda Central on 18 June 1997 and transferred to the Judicial Police of the Federal District in Arcos de Belem, where he was allegedly tortured. The Government stated that an investigation had been carried out by the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District on 23 June 1997. The medical certificate indicated the presence of various injuries but the investigation was brought to an end on 6 March 1998 owing to the complainant’s failure to appear despite being summoned to make a statement on three occasions. 77. Antonio Aguilar Hernández was arrested on 1 September 1997 in the Barrio Asunción Tlacoapa of the Federal District, transferred to a place he could not identify and tortured by persons suspected of belonging to the security forces. The Government stated that, after a complaint had been brought in respect of his disappearance and probable arbitrary detention, the National Human Rights Commission had launched an investigation, made the necessary inquiries, and confirmed the physical integrity of the victim on the basis of a medical certificate. The investigation came to an end on 23 November 1997. 78. Teodoro Juárez Sánchez, Ramiro Jiménez Sonora, Lorenzo Adame del Rosario and Jerónimo Adame Benítez were allegedly arrested and tortured on 1 and 4 July 1996 in Sierra de Coyuca de Benítez, State of Guerrero, by members of the army. The Government stated that the