E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.1 page 24 David García Hernandez had lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission requesting legal action, which concluded with a referral to the appropriate body on 11 August 1997, as the case in question did not involve a human rights violation. 114. Guillermo Tolentino Tolentino was allegedly detained and tortured by members of the Public Security Police on 12 March 1996 in the community of Plan del Encinal, municipality of Ixhuatlán de Madero, State of Veracruz. The Government stated that neither the National Human Rights Commission nor the State Commission had received a complaint concerning the case. Furthermore, there was no record of anyone named Tolentino at CERESO, the Regional Coordinating Committee for the Tuxpan Judicial Police or the General Inspectorate of the Municipal Police. 115. Ricardo Ubaldo was detained on 24 October 1996 in Córdoba, State of Veracruz, by members of the State Judicial Police, following which his body was found, bearing signs of torture, at El Nache rural cooperative, municipality of Cuitlahuac. The Office of the State Government Procurator reportedly ordered several police officers detained. The Government stated that the National Human Rights Commission had been unable to find any trace of previous information concerning the case. 116. Francisco Hernández Santiago was allegedly detained and tortured on 28 February 1997 in Chicontepec, State of Veracruz, by members of the State Judicial Police. The Government stated that the National Human Rights Commission had opened an investigation into the case on grounds of arbitrary detention. As the complaint did not involve a human rights violation, the investigation concluded with a referral to the competent authority. 117. By letter dated 31 March 1999, the Government transmitted information further to a letter dated 15 March 1999 on the case of Mariano González Diaz (see para. 71). It stated that, as indicated above, the National Human Rights Commission had initiated an investigation which was referred for consideration to the National Commission’s General Coordinating Committee for the Chiapas Highlands and Rain Forest; that Committee had requested information from the State Government Procurator, the National Public Security Commission and the Complaints Division of the Secretariat of National Defence in San Cristóbal de las Casas. The information supplied by both agencies indicated that the investigation was referred to the Chiapas State Human Rights Commission by official letter No. 00193/97 of 8 May 1997. However, the National Human Rights Commission decided to exercise its power to extend jurisdiction and ordered the investigation reopened on 18 August 1997, as Case No. CNDH/122/97/BOSQ/S02966.068. The case was referred to the National Commission’s General Coordinating Committee for the Chiapas Highlands and Rain Forest, which requested information from the Agreements Division of the Plenary of the Chiapas State Supreme Court of Justice and the Chiapas State Court Administrator and conducted visits to the communities of San Pedro Nixtaculum and Los Plátanos, municipality of El Bosque, Chiapas. The Government stated that the case had been closed on 8 October 1997, as the parties had signed a reconciliation agreement aimed at restoring community life and peaceful coexistence with mutual respect, in which they pledged to live together in peace and practise mutual respect and tolerance in political and religious matters. An operation to supply the inhabitants with staple goods was also