E/CN.4/1993/26 page 119 twelfth floor before the eyes of his family and neighbours. The two brothers were taken to the Cotiza police station where they were beaten, given the suffocation treatment and underwent a mock execution. Néstor Gonzalez, Nelson Villanueva and Francisco Villanueva were severely beaten at the time of arrest and while they were detained in the police station. Because of their injuries they had to be treated at the Vargas hospital before release. No charges were made. The Rondón brothers were also subjected to physical coercion by the police. Pablo Jose Rondón, the leader of a neighbourhood group, was hung from the balcony of his home and beaten with his brother while his family watched. He was then taken to La Cañada and Cotiza police stations where the maltreatment continued. Igor Luengo, a militant in a neighbourhood group, was taken to the Cotiza police station and held incommunicado for four days. He was beaten and given the near suffocation treatment; (e) Carlos Bernadino Carballo Morales, Richard Durán and Orland José Guerra were arrested by national guard personnel on 18 October 1991 at La Vega, a suburb of Caracas, and taken to guard detachment 51 where they were brutally beaten and given electric shocks; (f) Yorfan José Escobar Berrios, age 17, was arrested by national guard personnel on 18 October 1991 at La Vega, a suburb of Caracas, and severely beaten. On 23 October he was released and re-arrested on 7 December. He was again beaten, given electric shocks, burnt on the shoulder with a hot iron and slashed with a knife on the ribs and wrist; (g) Luis and Pedro Benítez were arrested on 8 March 1992 by metropolitan police. Because of the beating inflicted at the Sucre police station, they had to be taken to the Domingo Luciani hospital; (h) Humbert Lezama, Héctor Luis Valderrama and Ramón Yaguaramay were arrested at Petare by metropolitan police on 4 February 1992. At the Sucre police station they were accused of having participated in the attempted coup on 3 February 1992. They were subjected to physical coercion (blows, electric shocks) in the police station and at the intelligence services directorate; (i) José Fermín Maccari went voluntarily on 25 January 1992 to the Petare detective squad which was investigating the murder of a policeman. Although various people including the attorney for minors and a local priest went with him to guarantee good treatment, he was heavily beaten in the El Llanito and Cochecito police stations; (j) Pedro Romero was arrested at his father's home in Petare by members of the metropolitan police cobra unit. At the Cotiza police station he was subjected to torture such as beating, electric shocks and near suffocation. He was released a few days later. No charges were made; (k) José Blondell was arrested on 9 March 1992 by detectives from the El Llanito, Petare, police station. For several days he was subjected to tortures such as near suffocation and blows with an iron rod and was sprayed with an extinguisher to make him confess to involvement in a murder; (l) José Antonio Briceño, Arnel Rodríguez, Omar Uribe and Julio César Vera, students, were arrested on 2 June 1992 by metropolitan