E/CN.4/1995/34 page 109 569. Juan Arnaldo Salomé Adauto was arrested in Huancayo, Junín, on 24 April 1991 and allegedly tortured by the police. The Government replied that a disciplinary investigation had been conducted. The allegations, however, proved to be false. 570. José Natividad Flores Rojas was arrested on 22 July 1992 at Bagua, Amazonas, and allegedly tortured by members of the army. The Government replied that following investigations carried out by the army command and the Public Ministry, the allegations proved to be false. 571. Rosenda Yauri Ramos and Alberto Calipuy Valverde reportedly died as a result of torture inflicted by members of the army in Angasmarca, Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad, in March 1993. The Government replied that following a disciplinary investigation, four members of the army were found to be responsible for the killings. The penal investigation had not yet concluded. 572. Marcos González Tuanama was arrested on 29 April 1992 and allegedly tortured at the Mariscal Cáceres military base, San Martín. The Government stated that the Public Ministry has not yet been able to complete the investigation due to lack of cooperation from the alleged victim. 573. Marco Zarate Rotta, Enrique Aguilar del Alcázar and César Cáceres Haro, members of the army, were arrested in November 1992 following an attempted coup d’état, and allegedly tortured. The Government replied that the medical examinations carried out did not reveal ill-treatment. Observations 574. The Special Rapporteur was not able to transmit to the authorities substantial information he received suggesting that the Committee against Torture had good reason to be concerned by a widespread practice of torture in the investigation of terrorist offences and impunity for its perpetrators (CAT/C/SR.194/Add.1 of 22 November 1994). The Government’s response to earlier cases seemed to suggest that it is mainly concerned to note an alleged insufficiency of proof in individual cases, rather than aggressively to come to grips with a widespread practice. Philippines Information transmitted to the Government and replies received 575. By letter dated 5 August 1994 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received reports indicating that torture was practised at times in detention centres and military camps. The methods used were said to include beatings, choking, sleep deprivation, blindfolding, placing one’s head in a toilet, injection of "truth serum", and being forced to dig what one is told is one’s grave. 576. Information was transmitted to the Government about the cases of Zaldy Acono and Orsenio Mendez, who were reportedly arrested on 25 July 1993 by the 76th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Quezon province under suspicion of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA). When they were