E/CN.4/1993/26 page 36 135. The Government states that the prisoner was hit by a warder in the provincial prison. The guard appeared before a disciplinary tribunal and was dismissed from the service. The prisoner suffered no sequelae as a result of the incident. 136. Arnaldo Pérez Martí, of Remedios, was beaten up by a group of guards in the Villaclara provincial prison led by Lieutenant Juan de la Cruz. The prisoner was placed in solitary confinement and lost consciousness twice. 137. The Government reported that the prisoner, who had several convictions, had committed a number of breaches of prison discipline. In February 1991, he attacked a warder who complained of a breach of discipline. The prisoner was brought under control by the prison authorities and sentenced by a competent court to an additional three months' imprisonment, the penalty for assault. 138. Raul Figueroa Castro, of Caibarién, was brutally beaten on 14 March 1991 in the Villaclara, provincial prison by 10 Ministry of the Interior guards led by sergeant Joaquin Calloso. The latter kicked him in the mouth causing a cut on the upper lip that required three stitches. The other guards participating were Savino González Rodriguez, Gustavo, Machín, Omar, Marin and Mesa who hit him with clubs and machetes. He was then locked in a punishment cell. 139. The Government stated that the prisoner attacked and injured a warder in the Villaclara provincial prison on 14 March 1991. The other warders intervened to bring the prisoner under control. The prisoner has since been released. 140. Antonio Serrano, known as Tony Arcenta, was savagely beaten by sergeant Llero in the Kilo 7 prison, Camaguey, in early February 1991. prisoner had to be placed in the intensive care unit of the hospital. The 141. The Government stated that Rodríguez Serrano was serving a 30-year sentence for various crimes, including murder, assault and theft, which had been the subject of 11 trials. On 6 February 1992 he quarrelled with another prisoner, Maurilio Pino Batueca, inflicting a 12 centimetre wound on the cheek with a crude weapon. The prison authorities intervened. After order was restored sergeant Osvaldo Yero Cervantes exceeded his duty and beat the prisoner, who was taken to the provincial hospital for treatment. Sergeant Yero Cervantes was sentenced to six months imprisonment. Rodríguez Serrano will face trial for assault. 142. Bernardo Cruz Pérez was badly beaten by sergeant Alexis Olivera and the jailer Humberto in Alambrada de Manacas prison. He had to be taken to the infirmary for treatment. Later he was again beaten up. Covered with wounds, bleeding and denied medical attention, he was shut up in a punishment cell. 143. The Government states that there is an inmate of the Manacas prison with the second surname Mena, not Pérez. He has not been involved in incidents with the warders. This is corroborated by the prison records and the prisoner himself.