E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.1 page 22 State Judicial Police and Federal Judicial Police. According to the Government, investigations conducted by the Oaxaca State Human Rights Commission determined that Felipe Sanchez Rojas had been detained by persons unknown and reappeared on 2 November 1996 to lodge a complaint and make a statement to the Government Procurator of the State of Oaxaca. A preliminary investigation was opened into the events with a view to punishing those responsible. 102. José Martínez Espinosa was allegedly detained and tortured by individuals suspected of belonging to the security forces on 8 January 1997 in Yucuxaco, Tlaxiaco, State of Oaxaca. The Government stated that the National Human Rights Commission had opened an inquiry into the case, concluding that the incident was not a violation of human rights and referring the complainant to the appropriate authority, on 28 July 1997. 103. Raciel or Rafael Santiago Salinas and his son, Gumersindo González Alonso, Pantaleón Julián Anastasio, Óscar Olivera Castillo, 14-year-old José Hernández Chávez, Rodolfo Cue Soto, Juan José Urista Cigtarroa and 14-year-year Mateo Clemente Flores were allegedly detained and tortured in Tuxtepec, State of Oaxaca, by members of the State Judicial Police, on separate occasions between 24 January and 31 July 1997. The Government stated that the National Human Rights Commission had been unable to find any trace of previous information concerning the cases in question. 104. Alberto Gómez García, Mariano Sebastián Rodríguez Godínez and Mario Carlos Fernández Romero, detained on 24 May 1997 in San Luis Río Colorado, State of Sonora, by members of the Federal Judicial Police, were allegedly taken first to the military barracks and subsequently to the Third Cavalry Regiment in Mexicali, Baja California, where they were tortured by members of the army. The Government stated that inquiries had been opened into these cases by the Office of the Procurator for Human Rights and Citizens’ Protection of the State of Baja California, which referred the events relating to Alberto Gómez Garcia to the National Human Rights Commission. A decision was awaited in the case, although information had already been supplied by the agencies concerned. 105. Felipe Pérez Calcáneo was allegedly detained and tortured on 5 December 1996 by members of the Municipal Police and State Judicial Police in Villahermosa, State of Tabasco. The Government stated that the National Human Rights Commission had made a recommendation and conciliation proposal concerning the case. An administrative file was opened in partial implementation of the recommendation. Pursuant to the conciliation proposal the competent authority was asked and had agreed to open a pre-trial investigation, and the appropriate steps were being taken. 106. Thirteen-year-old José López González and 9-year-old Reynaldo Ramírez Méndez, detained on 28 April 1997 in Emiliano Zapata Municipality, State of Tabasco, were allegedly tortured by members of the State Judicial Police. The Government stated that both children had admitted taking part in the robbery with which they were charged and that both had been handed into the care of the Juvenile Offenders Board. On giving their statements they had received medical examinations, which had revealed no sign of injuries. The National Human Rights Commission had received no complaints about the incidents.

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