CAT/C/75 page 19 cheekbone (between the right cheekbone and ear), inflammation of the right eye and bruising beneath the right eye, reddish horizontal grazing on the abdomen, grazing on the left forearm, grazing on the right side of the neck, grazing on the left lumbar region and on the right forearm, and grazing and inflammation on both wrists.”13 “The judicial police (…) violated the complainants’ human rights since, while it is true that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Jose Manuel Saavedra Lázaro, and that the intention of the police was to serve that warrant, it is also true that the warrant did not authorize them to enter anyone’s home, to abuse their authority or to make excessive use of the force they are authorized to use, which is what they did by entering the property of Ms. Virginia Díaz Díaz without permission or consent; by using unwarranted brute force against the complainant in the course of arresting him; and by gloating as they beat him and caused him a number of injuries; the police officers also fired a gun, wounding Ms. Consuelo Lázaro Díaz.”14 66. The municipal police of San Antonio de la Cal “violated the complainants’ human rights, not only by detaining them without legal grounds, but also by beating them and causing the injuries they presented, which were certified by the deputy inspector dealing with the case and by the State forensic medical expert. This Commission finds that the members of the police force of this municipality repeatedly and daily abuse the authority to use force vested in them by assaulting and meting out unwarranted punishment to individuals they are required to detain for any reason”.15 67. In the course of his interview with the members of the Committee, the President of the State Human Rights Commission said that, although the practice of torture had declined considerably in Mexico, incidents still occurred, involving mainly the judicial police, and that training programmes were inadequate. He also said that it was necessary to make judiciary staff aware of the problem of torture, so that they would classify incidents correctly, which was not always the case at present. He said that between January and August 2001, he had received 17 complaints of abuse of authority by police patrols and 20 of abuse of authority by the judicial police. He had also received five in which the Army was allegedly responsible. 5. Guerrero State Commission for the Defence of Human Rights 68. The ninth annual report of the Guerrero State Commission, covering the period from November 1998 to October 1999, indicates that the Commission issued nine recommendations relating to torture, four to injuries, one to threats and one to intimidation.16 The tenth report (November 1999-October 2000) refers to 12 recommendations relating to injuries, 6 to threats and 7 to torture. The torture cases were attributed to the State judicial police. In addition, views and proposals were issued in 48 cases of bodily injury, 9 of torture, 5 of beating, 17 of intimidation and 16 of threats.17 69. In the course of his interview with the members of the Committee, the President of the State Commission said that, although it had declined, torture had not been eradicated either in Mexico as a whole or in Guerrero State; those responsible were generally members of the judicial police and the Office of the Attorney-General was doing nothing to punish the perpetrators.