E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 106 171. Manuel Ramod Amarujo was reportedly shot twice by police officers in the right side of his chest when he was driving his car in February 2000. He was stopped by a team of police officers from Maraba, including the delegado, and subsequently beaten. Two other persons were said to have been killed, one of them allegedly executed at point blank. In detention he was not provided with any medical treatment despite his request. The police are said to have replied that he could die. 172. Marcos Fábio Costa do Souza was reportedly arrested in Maraba in May 2000 by three civil police officers, amongst them a delegado and an investigator. The police officers reportedly placed a plastic bag over his head, inducing a feeling of suffocation to force him to confess to the accusation of having accepted money in the Jaconda police station. He is believed to have been beaten with a big iron bar, the bumper of a truck, on all parts of his body. As a result, his left arm was reportedly dislocated. Over three days, he was said to have been forced to eat salt and drink ethanol in huge quantities. Six days later, he was said to have been visited by his lawyer, who requested his transfer. When he asked for medical treatment, he was allegedly told that a doctor was not available. Marcos Fábio Costa do Souza reportedly underwent a medical examination at the Forensic Medical Institute only 15 days later. 173. Marcelo Paixas Azeredo was reportedly arrested in Maraba on 8 May 2000 by civil police officers, amongst them a delegado, who are said to have taken him to a farm, where they placed a plastic bag over his head. He was subsequently allegedly beaten with iron bars and wooden sticks on the left side of his body and given electric shocks to his armpits. The officers are said to have fired shots next to him in order to extract a confession. He was subsequently taken to a delegacia, where he was allegedly beaten again. As a result, he is said to have subsequently signed a prepared confession to homicide. 174. Cledilson Marcos Rodrigues was reportedly arrested on 28 May 2000 on an avenue in Maraba by five military police officers, including a lieutenant, who are said to have taken him to a forest, where they are said to have beaten him for two and a half hours with a wooden stick and belts. He was subsequently transferred to the Maraba pre-trial detention centre, where he was reportedly beaten for another half an hour. As a result of the beating, he is said to have signed a confession to stealing a television set. The delegado had reportedly stated that there was no evidence against Cledilson Marcos. When his father visited him, he was reportedly pushed against the wall. Cledilson Marcos Rodrigues was then allegedly taken to the Forensic Medical Institute (IML) where he reportedly received no proper medical examination. The doctor is said to have asked him what had happened to him. Cledilson Marcos Rodrigues reportedly told him that he had been beaten, whereupon the military police officers intervened and stated that he had slipped. The doctor is also said to have warned him not to tell his story. The military police are said to have invited the press to the prison in order to portray him as a culprit. He is also said to have been threatened with death upon his release. At the time of the interview (10 September 2000), marks consistent with his allegation, such as marks on his back and on his left wrist, were still visible. 175. Adewilson Ferreira dos Santos was reportedly arrested on suspicion of having stolen a video cassette and taken to the police headquarters in Maraba in March 2000. There he was said to have been taken to a room where he was reportedly given electric shocks by two civil police investigators, a prison guard and the police delegado. The prison guard reportedly hit