E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 80 61. F.J.S., a minor, was reportedly arrested on 19 November 1993 by two civil police officers and taken to the bus station police unit in Belo Horizonte, where he was allegedly beaten by the police officers. It is reported that he was released the same day. A judicial inquiry was reportedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 62. Cláudio Pereira dos Santos, a street vendor, was reportedly arrested on 20 November 1993 by a civil police officer and taken to the bus station police unit in Belo Horizonte where he was allegedly severely beaten by a police officer. It is said that two days earlier, he had been arrested for some hours on suspicion of selling products illegally in the bus station and released on the same day. According to the information received, on 20 November, his girlfriend, Thais Cristina Nonato, went to the bus station police unit and searched for him. She reportedly heard him screaming because of the beatings he was allegedly being subjected to. It is reported that when she asked for information about him she was verbally insulted and slapped twice on the face. According to the information received, she was pregnant and fainted. She was reportedly taken to a hospital by a military police officer. A judicial inquiry was allegedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 63. Ruidalves Gomes dos Santos was reportedly arrested on 13 December 1999 on suspicion of having slashed his father with a knife in Salto da Divisa. At the time of arrest, police officers reportedly beat him and threw rocks at him. He was allegedly taken bleeding to a hospital, where his head was stitched. He was later reportedly transferred to a prison in Jacinto. On 2 January 2000, his sister reportedly visited him and saw that his leg was burned and that he had an open wound. He reportedly died on 7 March in a hospital. According to the information received, his dead body presented signs of severe bleeding from the nose and anus, wounds to the head, face and wrists, and lesions on the legs. A doctor is reported to have refused to perform an official medical examination. His family was allegedly told by police officers that he had suffered a heart attack and fainted in the prison bathroom, where he had reportedly been found dead. 64. Adriano Magno Dias, aged 22, was reportedly arrested by military police officers on 27 July 1998. He was reportedly taken to the Timóteo Public Jail, where he is said to have been beaten with a piece of wood and a rubber hose. He was then allegedly taken to the Vital Brasil Hospital to receive medical treatment and later taken back to the jail. According to the information received, he was beaten again by officers and released on the following day. It is said that he testified falsely that he had tried to escape for fear of reprisals and had fallen down a staircase. 65. Jocimar Borges Silva, an 18-year-old sales clerk, was reportedly arrested on 20 June 1990 at his house in Ipatinga and taken to a local police station where he was allegedly forced to undress and to hold a tyre with his arms stretched out for half an hour. It is reported that he was beaten with a palmatório and placed on a “parrot’s perch”. According to the information received, he was released the following day and underwent an official medical examination. Local media are believed to have reported his case.