CAT/C/75 page 24 103. A person detained in Monterrey on 12 March 2001 by municipal police: beaten, resulting in acute kidney failure. 104. On 13 December 2000, a prisoner at the Nuevo León social rehabilitation centre was beaten and subjected to attempted hanging by guards. Also repeatedly threatened for reporting the incident. 105. On 7 December 2000, a prisoner at the Nuevo León social rehabilitation centre was beaten and sexually abused by guards. 106. A person detained in June 2001 in Monterrey by members of the judicial police: beaten, resulting in a fractured rib. Oaxaca 107. The NGO Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura (Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture, ACAT) reports that since 1996 it has documented more than 70 cases of indigenous Zapotecs being tortured and forced to sign confessions admitting offences such as terrorism, possession of firearms, sabotage and criminal association. The following are some of the most recent cases. 108. A person detained on 14 June 2000 in Mixistlán de la Reforma Mixe, by municipal police, on the orders of a PRI member of parliament. Died a day later in the municipal jail. The body showed signs of torture. 109. A 17-year-old indigenous Tojolabal detained and beaten on 26 April 2000 in Tapanatepec by officials of the National Institute for Migration and Federal judicial police. The case was reported to the National Institute for Migration, the National Human Rights Commission and the Attorney-General of the Republic. 110. Three people detained on 12 August 1999 in Tehuantepec by State judicial police, who blindfolded them and beat them all over. One lost several teeth and another was wounded with a knife in the forearm and stomach. 111. An indigenous Zapotec detained on 14 September 1999 in the city of Oaxaca by municipal and judicial police and beaten into signing a confession. 112. An indigenous person detained on 2 September 1999 in Tierra Blanca de San Agustín Loxicha by judicial police: beaten all over and subjected to attempted hangings over the course of two days. 113. An indigenous Zapotec detained on 7 June 2001 in the village of Llano Palmar, San Agustín Loxicha, by State judicial police, accompanied by white guards, and beaten and kicked all over. 114. Two indigenous people detained on 25 May 2000 in San Isidro Miramar, Loxicha, by State judicial police and beaten, kicked and threatened with death to make them incriminate themselves.

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