E/CN.4/1990/17 page 35 Nicaragua 110. On 24 May 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent message to the Government of Nicaragua about the following Honduran citizens Baid to be in the Tipitapa Model Prison in Managua: Ignacio Alvarenga Lopez, from Guinope, El Paraiso; Michel Chael Busin Yustow, from Puerto Lempira; Erick David Canales, from San Pedro Sula; Jose Luis Garmendia Toruno, from Danli; Gregorio Mendez Perez, from El Triunfo, Choluteca; Francisco Naraten Garcia, from San Pedro Sula; and Roberto Waldam Perea, from Puerto Lempira. All these persons are in Wing No. 5 of the prison, which is regarded as a punishment wing. Concern has been expressed about their physical and mental state, for according to 21 Honduran citizens reportedly held at the same prison from 1979 up until their release on 22 March 1989, they had been tortured and subjected to other ill-treatment. Panama 111. On 11 August 1989 the Special Rapporteur Bent an urgent message to the Government of Panama about Humberto Montenegro, who waB seriously wounded by persons in the uniform of the Batallon de la Dignidad, in the course of a demonstration on 10 May 1989. He was taken to the Santo Tomas Hospital, where he stayed until 8 June, when he was taken to the Model PriBon, at which he is now an inmate. According to information received, Mr. Montenegro's state of health is very poor. 112. On 16 October 1989 the Government of Panama informed the Special Rapporteur that Mr. Humberto Montenegro was being held on a charge of murdering Mr. Alexis Guerra on 10 May 1989, in Panama City. Since his arrest he has been given special medical treatment for injuries suffered on the day of the event and in prison he is under constant medical supervision and, as a result, has recovered completely. £e_r_ll 113. On 13 February 1989, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent message to the Government of Peru about Mr. Hugo Blanco Galdos, an executive of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation and a former deputy. The information received indicates that he was arrested on 9 February 1989 at the premises of the Ucayali Peasant Federation in the town of Pucallpa, by members of the Police Special Operations Division. Fears have been expressed about his physical integrity, because other persons detained earlier as a result of trade union activities are said to have been tortured. Of special concern is the fact that, according to reports, about 28 members of the Ucayali Peasant Federation were killed on the same day by members of the same police division. 114. On 7 March 1989 the Government of Peru informed the Special Rapporteur that Mr. Hugo Blanco Galdos, described as a communist leader and political agitator, was arrested and a firearm taken from him after a dispute in Pucallpa between groups of civilians and policemen. On 18 February 1989, the Police Anti-Terrorism Sub-Directorate brought Mr. Blanco Galdos before the courts, on the grounds of implication in the offence of terrorism. 115. On 10 March 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent message to the Government of Peru about Gregorio Palomino Rivero, a peasant, and Cristobal Achoica Rojas, another peasant, aged 43. The former was arrested on