E/CN.4/1995/34 page 11 Argentina Information transmitted to the Government 29. By letter dated 28 April 1994 the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information indicating that the torture and ill-treatment of detainees in police stations occurred frequently in the provinces of Corrientes and Chaco. He also transmitted to the Government the individual cases described in the following paragraphs. 30. Antonio Velozo and Luis Gómez were arrested on 20 June 1992 by plainclothes policemen and threatened and severely beaten at the premises of the Investigations Squad. Antonio Velozo was allegedly hung from a ladder while being accused of having made statements implicating the police in the murder of Abel Solís in September 1991. After their release the following day, Antonio Velozo reportedly was diagnosed as having sustained injuries to his testicles. On 28 September 1992 he brought criminal charges. He was murdered on 5 October 1992 by a person who subsequently left the country. 31. Pedro Salvador Aguirre was arrested on 16 February 1993 on a street in Corrientes, taken to the Investigations Squad premises, beaten unconscious and released three hours later without being charged. His case was reported to the Government and the provincial judicial authorities, but the outcome of any investigation was unknown. 32. Carlos Alberto Parodi and Andrés González were allegedly beaten on 11 October 1992 by two policemen on duty at a dance hall in Corrientes. Carlos Alberto Parodi sustained a cut on one ear and shots were fired close to him in the air. He was then taken to police station No. 1, allegedly beaten continuously for hours and threatened with death. A doctor noted the injuries he sustained. After reporting the incident to the press and the judicial authorities, he received anonymous threats. 33. Teodoro Dionisio González was arrested by police in Resistencia, Chaco, on 9 January 1992 on suspicion of theft and taken to police station No. 6, where he was allegedly ill-treated. At the hospital, his mother saw many bruises on his head and face and an open wound on his shoulder. Six months after lodging a complaint with the judicial authorities, he had not been called upon to give a statement. 34. Carlos Alberto Franco and Roberto Ramón Franco were arrested on 3 February 1993 in the 500 Viviendas district in Resistencia, taken to the police station of the Third Precinct and allegedly beaten severely. An examining doctor later found multiple injuries on the arms, back and legs of Roberto Ramón Franco. The case was reported to the Human Rights Commission of the Provincial Chamber of Deputies and to the judicial authorities. 35. Antonio Miguel Fernández, aged 13, was arrested by police on 15 August 1992 in the district of Barranqueras, Resistencia. He was allegedly shot with rubber pellets at close range, causing severe injuries to the thorax. He was then allegedly beaten and, after receiving treatment at