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issued for the temporary suspension of police officers Rafael Becerrill and
Alfonso Treviño Peña, and the case was assigned to the Internal Control Office
of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic.
(b) Juan José González Ordonez, Angel Chávez Sánchez and
Alberto Chávez Barroso. These cases are being investigated by the National
Human Rights Commission.
(c) Juvencio Dante Morales. It has been established that he was
tortured. The young man's body was exhumed on 4 January 1991; however, the
National Commission has no further details to date on the proceedings
conducted against one of the Immigration Officers who was arrested for
alleged responsibility for ill-treatment and incitement to suicide.
(d) Salomón Mendoza Barajas, Magdaleno Vera García and
Carlos Valencia Morfín. These persons were released and their cases
dismissed since it could be established that their rights had been violated.
(e) Marcial Rojas Lázaro. The National Commission conducted an
investigation into this complaint and recommended: that an investigation
should be conducted into the circumstances under which Mr. Rojas Lázaro was
arrested and questioned by Judicial Police officers Enrique Cortéz Bonilla,
José Erasmo Iglesias Serafín, Mario Coronado Estrada, José Armando Orozco,
Enrique Quiñones Ortega and José Carlos Ceceña Vázquez; that if the
responsibility of the police officers was established they should be suspended
and criminal proceedings should be initiated; and that if they were found
guilty, all police bodies in the country should be so advised in order to
prevent their joining any of them; on 13 May 1991 the Governor of the State
agreed to the recommendation.
(f) Julio Cesar Márquez Valenzuela. The National Commission learned
that the Judicial Police officers involved in this case were removed from
their posts and indicted. Mr. Márquez Valenzuela is currently being held for
common crimes and his human rights have not been violated in this latest
period of custody. However, the National Commission will continue to follow
up the trial;
(g) Alejandro Delgado García. The National Commission recommended that
preliminary inquiries should be made into the persons responsible for the
death of Mr. Delgado García and that the National Commission should be
informed of the progress of the investigations and action taken by the
competent authorities.
155. In a letter dated 18 October 1991, the Special Rapporteur transmitted to
the Government of Mexico information according to which victims of torture are
primarily from the poorest sectors of the population and include both persons
arrested for political reasons or as part of land-ownership disputes,
human rights activists, persons suspected of drug-trafficking and common
criminals. It is also alleged that women and children have been tortured.
Reports also indicated that it is a regular practice among members of the
police in charge of investigating a particular offence to arrest individuals
suspected of being involved in political or criminal activities or even to
pick up persons on the street and force them to confess crimes under torture
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