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shoemaker’s glue. The officers allegedly beat some of them and took them to a deserted area
where the boys were reportedly told to undress and forced to do physical exercises. Meanwhile,
the girls were allegedly forced to undress and to practise oral sex on each other. The girls are
said to have been submitted to other sexual abuses. The teenagers were allegedly forced by the
officers to have sex between themselves. The boys were reportedly threatened with having their
genitals hit with a stick. The officers allegedly created a “fighting arena” and forced the oldest
boys to fight among themselves. All the teenagers were then reportedly told to dress and forced
to sing and to pray. When they heard voices, the officers allegedly stopped and the teenagers
were reportedly released. According to the information received, a judicial inquiry was opened.
The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry.
84.
Marcelo Ribeiro dos Santos is said to have been drunk when he reportedly had a
misunderstanding with airport security employees at the Belo Horizonte airport
on 10 October 1998. According to the information received, a military police officer passed by,
threw him onto the floor and applied a hold called the “key” (“chave”) in which he enclosed
Marcelo Ribeiro dos Santos’s neck with his legs. He was allegedly taken to the Venda Nova
Hospital, but he was reportedly dead on arrival. A judicial inquiry was reportedly opened. The
Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry.
85.
César Antônio Cossi, a public prosecutor, and his wife, Márcia Cristina Balbi Cossi,
were allegedly stopped by military police officers on 22 June 1995 while driving in Belo
Horizonte. They were reportedly asked by the officers to take a severely sick old lady to
hospital. The officers allegedly abused them verbally and punched and kicked César Antônio
Cossi. The couple are said to have left and gone to the bus station, where they reportedly had to
fetch a relative. According to the information received, when they left the station they were
followed and stopped by a military police vehicle, and their vehicle and documents were
confiscated. They were allegedly taken to a police station, where they are thought to have
remained for one hour before being released. It is reported that they were verbally abused and
threatened with death. A judicial inquiry was allegedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would
be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry.
86.
Gustavo Ferraz de Matos, a 19-year-old street dweller, was allegedly approached by a
military police officer at a bar near the Belo Horizonte bus station on 26 January 2000.
According to the information received, he was handcuffed and taken to the Carijós police station,
where he is said to have been severely beaten for approximately one hour as a punishment for
having allegedly robbed a policeman’s girlfriend. It is reported that after that he was “thrown”
back into the bar. He was allegedly taken by the Human Rights Coordination Office to the
João XXIII Hospital, where he reportedly underwent an official medical examination and
received medical treatment.
87.
Waldemar Santos Amaral was reportedly punched on several parts of his body by
military police officers after he allegedly fell asleep on a bench at the Belo Horizonte bus station
while awaiting his brother’s arrival on 24 February 2000. He was allegedly taken to the military
police box inside the bus station, where he is said to have been beaten and threatened with death.
When he was released, he allegedly underwent an official medical examination.
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