E/CN.4/1990/17 page 10 Department for the Army and Carabineros of Arica, since there is no formal background information in the form of a legal complaint to this military court or any other ordinary court of justice concerning the alleged torture and ill-treatment inflicted on Dolores Paz and Maria Fernanda Cautivo Ahumada. (c) In this connection, it should be pointed out that Maria Fernanda Cautivo Ahumada was detained only for five days on the order of the Military Court, since she was subsequently referred to the Children's Court of Arica for her mental capacity to be assessed; she is currently at liberty by order of that court on the ground of lack of mental capacity. (d) Finally it should be pointed out that Dolores Paz Cautivo Ahumada is currently being detained under a committal order pursuant to Act No. 18,314 which determines terrorist conduct and sets the relevant penalties." 39. On 17 April 1989, the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Chile transmitting information to the effect that further cases of torture had been reported since June 1988. Most of the persons detained were allegedly subjected to torture or ill-treatment by members of "Investigaciones", "Carabineros" or agents of the National Information Agency (CNI), The following cases were communicated to the Special Rapporteur: (a) Jose Luis Donoso Caceres, arrested on 26 October 1988 in Las Penas by members of the Special Operations Group (GOPE) together with Miguel Angel Colina Valdivia, aged 22; Manuel Antonio Araneda Gonzalez, aged 22; Richard Adrian Ledesma Plaza, aged 23; Jose Antonio Ugarte Gonzalez, aged 19. A sixth man, Claudio Danilo Araya Fuentes, aged 31, was arrested on 27 October 1988. The six men were charged with carrying out a raid against a police station in the village of Los Quenos. All were allegedly tortured and kept in isolation for 35 days; (b) The other alleged cases of torture involved the frequent practice of electric shocks to the most sensitive parts of the body (genitals and head). In addition to other forms of ill-treatment, the following persons were allegedly subjected to electric shocks: Cristobal Carrasco Onate, arrested on 5 October 1988; Mirko Zarkovic Obrego and Victor Pavez Ramirez, arrested on 24 October 1988; Luis Carlos Godoy Cortes, arrested on 3 October 1988; Oscar Patricio Molina Ossandon, arrested on 4 October 1988; Hector Zuniga, Juan Abar and Miguel Angel Marciel Amor, arrested on 4 October 1988; Luis Hernan Bravo Ordonez, arrested on 23 June 1988; Marco Antonio Sepulveda Senoceain, arrested on 25 July 1988 and Sandra Ranz Velasquez, arrested on 9 October 1988. 40. On 2 October 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Chile transmitting information to the effect that Mr. Ivan Escurra Campos and Miss Sissi Guzman Vargas had allegedly been arrested on 19 May 1989 by five members of the Carabineros Special Activities Patrol in the fifth district of Achupalas, Vina del Mar. After their arrest, they were reportedly beaten and terrorized by a dog, after being tied up and stripped. Later, both were alleged to have been taken to the fourth Carbineros station in Vina del Mar, where Mr. Escurra Campos was subjected to a lengthy interrogation during which he was tortured physically and psychologically. The police are said to have threatened to kill his relatives and to have deprived him of food and rest.