E/CN.4/2000/9 page 148 Téllez González. The CNDH has sent the Government a dossier which is currently being processed. 748. Luis David Villavicencio Mares was arrested on 1 August 1998 by two judicial police officers because of his suspected involvement in a robbery. They allegedly put him in one vehicle and then transferred him to another in which there were two other officers who, together with those who had arrested him, interrogated and beat him. Afterwards, he is said to have been turned over to Investigation Bureau 50 at Arcos de Belén 23, where he was taken into a room in which there were eight more officials of the Federal District Government Procurator's Office (PGJDF) and where plastic bags were placed over his head. He was reportedly beaten all over his body and kicked and punched in the thighs, back, chest and ribs. The torture is alleged to have continued until a confession was obtained. After several hours, four other persons told him that he would have to make a statement and would have tell the doctor who examined him that he had had a fall at work, in order to account for his injuries. This version of the facts was apparently that which David Villavicencio gave to the public prosecutor and which he later denied, saying that the initial version had been prompted by his fear of the threats made against him. In his second statement he is said to have provided information about the officers who arrested and tortured him. The medical certificates apparently confirm the credibility of the second statement. On 3 August 1998, Luis David Villavicencio Mares reportedly complained to the Federal District Human Rights Commission. The Human Rights Commission's investigation ended in the adoption of Recommendation 3/99 of 1 March 1999 which calls, inter alia, for the initiation of disciplinary proceedings to establish the possible official and criminal liability of the public servants involved. On 22 March 1999, the Legal and Human Rights Sub-Office of the PGJDF accepted Recommendation 3/99, though subject to certain considerations. 749. By letter dated 15 December 1999, the Government provided information on the case of Luis David Villavicencio Mares. A recommendation by the Human Rights Commission concerning his alleged unlawful arrest and torture, naming officials of the PGJDF, was reportedly sent to the PGJDF on 1 March 1998. This recommendation had been partially implemented and an administrative procedure had been initiated with a view to investigating the prosecution service officials José Cuitláhuac Salinas Martínez, Gabriel Zermeño Rosas, Aureliano Delagado Navas and Jorge Jiménez Vega. Urgent appeals and replies received 750. On 4 May 1999, the Special Rapporteur forwarded an urgent appeal on behalf of Abel Vega Cortés, Felipe Lucio Mendoza Ángel, Juan Manuel Tovar Fuentes, Alejandro Santés Córdova, Ángel Remigio Figueroa Bustos, Sergio Sahagón Morales, Lorenzo Ramírez Hernández, Gustavo Ramblas Ramírez, Josué León Ramos, Juan Gallegos Quintanilla, Efrén Marmolejo López, Eli Ochoa Gómez, Antonio Cárdenas Chacón, Eleazar Faustino Jesús, Ángel Yopihua Villagrán, Salvador Osorno Benítez, José Luis Lozada Loaliza, Melitón Sánchez Salazar, Ciro Robledo Hernández, Ricardo Fuentes García, Abel Guillermo Hernández Rosales, Víctor Manuel Valdés Cruz and Hildegardo Bacilio Gómez, soldiers forming part of the so-called "Comando Patriótico de Concienciación del Pueblo" whose aim is said to be to make the public aware of how soldiers of all ranks are being treated. The above-mentioned individuals were reportedly arrested on 20 March 1999 and sent to the installations of the First Military District in Mexico City. Their arrest was apparently connected with a demonstration staged by a group of approximately