CAT/C/75 page 22 Colima 82. A man detained on 24 April 2001 in Tecomán by members of the judicial police of the Office of the State Attorney-General, who beat him severely in front of his 10-year-old son until he required hospitalization. While he was in hospital, police officers ripped out his drip and took him to the social rehabilitation centre (CERESO). The case was submitted to the State Human Rights Commission. Chiapas 83. Three people detained on 18 May 2001 in Venustiano Carranza by the State judicial police and subjected to beatings, plastic bags over the head and threats. One was burnt on the wrist, another was beaten about the ears. The case was submitted to the State Human Rights Commission. 84. A person detained on 7 June 2001 in Comitán de Domínguez by the State judicial police: beaten, especially about the ears, plastic bag over the head and threatened with drowning in a river. The individual had to be hospitalized as a result. 85. A person detained on 8 June 2001 in Comitán de Domínguez by the State judicial police: beatings, plastic bags over the head - six at a time - threats of electric shocks and beatings about the ears. 86. Two indigenous Chole people detained on 8 May 2001 in Palenque by members of the municipal police: brutally beaten and threatened with death. Chihuahua 87. A minor aged 17 detained on 17 August 2001 in the city of Chihuahua by municipal police and subjected to a beating leading, among other things, to broken ribs. 88. A person detained on 20 May 2000 in the city of Chihuahua by municipal police and subjected to a beating that caused multiple head injuries. Died some days later. The State Human Rights Commission recommended that charges should be brought against the perpetrators. Guerrero 89. Three people detained on 24 October 2000 in the village of El Camarón, Petatlán, by the State judicial police: beatings, plastic bags over the head and mineral water up the nose. They were brought before the court seven days after arrest. 90. Two women raped by members of the Army on 21 April 1999 while searching for their minor children, who had disappeared the previous day in the village of Barrio Nuevo, Tlacoachistlahuaca. 91. A person detained on 21 February 1999 in the village of Los Achotes, Zihuatanejo, by Federal judicial police. His body was found on the Los Achotes waste tip; he had been castrated and showed signs of torture, and had been shot in the neck.

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