E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 86 88. Adolfo de Souza Barbosa, a street seller, was allegedly working at the Belo Horizonte bus station on 16 May 2000 when he became involved in an argument with two other street sellers. According to the information received, the police arrived and took the three of them to the military police box inside the bus station, where it is reported that they were beaten. Since he was severely injured, he was reportedly taken to the João XXIII Hospital and underwent an official medical examination. The police ouvidor was reportedly informed about the incident. 89. João Ribeiro Filho, was allegedly beaten by a military police officer at his repair shop in Belo Horizonte on 19 August 2000. He was reportedly taken to the 8th military police battalion, where he was allegedly beaten again by five military police officers. He was reportedly kicked in his genitals and fainted. According to the information received, his right hand and two ribs were broken as a result of the beatings. He is said to have been later taken to the military police station, where an incident report was recorded. He reportedly underwent an official medical examination. The case was allegedly reported to the State Secretariat for Human Rights. 90. A.P.F., a minor, was allegedly arrested under suspicion of theft. He was reportedly taken to and kept at the “Guarda Municipal” in Monte Alto, where he was detained between early 1991 and August 1992. He was allegedly allowed to go home at weekends. According to the information received, during this period he was beaten on several occasions by the municipal guards, especially with a tool named “pinto de boi” and with the branch of a tree about half a metre in length. It is reported that he ran away, but was captured and beaten as a punishment. An administrative inquiry was allegedly opened and later filed. 91. R.A.B., a minor, was allegedly kept and beaten several times at the “Guardia Municipal” in Monte Alto from 1991 to 1992. It is reported that once a municipal guard threw urine at his face and that on another occasion he was obliged to lick the officer’s spit on the floor. Apparently, he used to be woken up by water being thrown at him. His parents tried to talk to the local public prosecutor, but he reportedly verbally abused them and sent them away. The municipal guards reportedly used to mix horse’s dung with water and to throw that at R.A.B. An administrative inquiry was allegedly opened and later filed. 92. E.V., a minor, was allegedly kept at the “Guardia Municipal” in Monte Alto from 1991 to 1992. He was allegedly beaten several times with clubs, rubber sticks and a broomstick. He was also reportedly kicked and punched on several occasions. He reportedly had a broken tooth as a result of the beatings. According to the information received, he was once woken up by a guard and told to wash his vehicle. As he reportedly refused, the guard allegedly threw hot coffee down the back of his shorts. He is said to have escaped once and to have been caught. According to the information received, he was beaten with the “pinto de boi” as a reprisal. It is reported that several years later he still had marks form these beatings. 93. Antonio Alves da Silva was reportedly transferred from D block of the Unai penitentiary to the Nelson Hungria prison during the week of 21 August 2000. When he and other inmates arrived, they were said to have been beaten by the regular security officers on duty. At night, officers of the GAT police wearing ninja hoods reportedly took them out of their cells and beat and kicked them in the corridor. Antonio Alves da Silva was reportedly kicked in the lower back and on his foot, although he had told the officers that he had been operated on. As a result, his