E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.1 page 23 107. Rebeca Hernández Gaitán and José Goméz Sánchez were allegedly detained and tortured on 1 February 1996 and 13 August 1997, respectively, by members of the Police in Nuevo Laredo, State of Tamaulipas. The Government stated that neither the National Human Rights Commission nor the Tamaulipas State Human Rights Commission had received any complaints concerning the cases. 108. Luis Enrique Muñoz was allegedly detained and tortured on 9 May 1996 in Reynosa, State of Tamaulipas, by members of the State Judicial Police. The Government stated that the Tamaulipas State Human Rights Commission had opened an inquiry into the case, which was resolved by an agreement of non-responsibility on 9 January 1998, in the absence of reliable proof of a violation. 109. Jesús Cruz Castillo, Armando Santos Orozco and Ricardo Kavieses Sotos were allegedly tortured on 12 June 1996 by warders at the local Social Rehabilitation Centre (CERESO) in Reynosa, State of Tamaulipas. The National Human Rights Commission had addressed a recommendation concerning the case to the Governor of the State of Tamaulipas on 6 November 1996, requesting that various measures should be taken to improve conditions at the above-mentioned Centre and to investigate the actions of the warder who shot and injured Jesús Castillo Lopez. It also requested investigations of various public servants who took part in the events. The recommendation had been partially implemented, as various measures were about to be taken to improve the situation at the Centre, and the preliminary investigation opened into the public servants involved was awaiting completion and a decision. 110. Raúl Magaña Ramírez and Óscar Magaña Ramirez were allegedly detained and tortured on 22 July 1996 by members of the Federal Fiscal Police in Reynosa, State of Tamaulipas. The National Human Rights Commission opened an investigation, which was concluded on 17 May 1997, by judicial decision in the course of the trial. 111. Juan Lorenzo Rodríguez Osuna was allegedly detained and tortured by members of the State Judicial Police on 28 November 1996, in the municipality of Altamira, State of Tamaulipas. The Government stated that the National Human Rights Commission had opened an investigation into the case, which concluded with the complainant being referred to the appropriate authority on 30 June 1997, as the case was not regarded as involving a human rights violation. 112. Sixteen-year-old Erik Cárdenas Esqueda, who was detained on 4 January 1997 by members of the Municipal Police in Nuevo Laredo, died after being taken to Police premises. His body allegedly bore signs of torture. Although the Tamaulipas State Human Rights Commission initiated an investigation, apparently no one was prosecuted. The Government stated that the investigation initiated by the State Commission resulted in two recommendations on 9 March 1998. Although one was not accepted and the other was implemented in an unsatisfactory manner by the Tamaulipas State Government, the complainants had not exercised the remedies available under the Act establishing the National Human Rights Commission for failure to fulfil recommendations made by local agencies. 113. David García Hernández, detained on 21 January 1996 in Xalapa, State of Veracruz, was allegedly tortured by members of the State Judicial Police. The Government stated that