E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 144 with handcuffs and kicked him. They are also said to have targeted his stomach, where they hit him with an iron bar on a scar which had been the result of an operation a year earlier. As a result of the beatings, his right knee was reported to be swollen, there was a scar on his left foot and he is said to suffer internal pain in his stomach. At the time of the interview (29 August 2000), marks consistent with his allegation were still visible. 313. Vicinius Prestes de Oliveira, aged 18, who had reportedly been sentenced to an indeterminate period of detention for aggravated car theft, was said to have been transferred to Franco da Rocha at the beginning of August 2000. According to the information received, he had been beaten on the back with an iron bar and a wooden stick by the night coordinator of the guards and by another guard at 10 p.m. on 24 August 2000. Twelve to 15 guards reportedly came into the cell, several of them masked, bearing sticks of wood and metal bars. They are believed to have beaten the juveniles because they found a pencil in the cell. At the time of the interview (25 August 2000), marks on V.P.O.’s back consistent with his allegation were still visible. 314. Valeria Aparecida Ribeiro was reportedly arrested on 26 June 1996 on the street in Santus, State of São Paolo, on suspicion of assault. She was said to have been arrested by three military police officers and taken to the closest district police station, before being taken to a police station lock-up for women, from which she tried to escape. She was then reported to have been transferred to Carandiru Women’s Prison and has since then been transferred from one place to another (in so-called “transit”), every month. Upon arrival in Tatuapé on 13 April 2000, she is said to have spent 28 days in a punishment cell. Two male guards had allegedly tried to touch her breast and when she shouted, she was allegedly slapped on the face. She did not complain for fear of being sent back to the punishment cell. Her family is said to be living far from Tatuapé which makes it almost impossible for her relatives to visit her. Her mother is said to have been denied access to her on at least one occasion. 315. Jose Pereira da Silva Filho was reportedly arrested on 24 August 2000 by six civil police officers from the anti-kidnapping unit on suspicion of extortion by means of kidnapping. He was said to have been kept for six hours at a district police station, where he was allegedly given electro-shocks on his legs and arms, hung upside down and beaten with wooden and iron bars, kicked and subjected to the technique called telefono. According to the information received, he was also forced to eat salt and to drink water in which the officers had previously spit. He is believed to have signed a confession without having been allowed to read it. He was then said to have been obliged to take a cold shower and roll on the floor handcuffed. At 4 a.m. on 25 August, he was reportedly transferred to the DEPATRI, where he was kicked and punched upon arrival by four police officers. At the time of the interview (27 August), he had large haematomas on his back and stomach, consistent with his allegations. He is believed to have asked the head of the jail section to be allowed to have medical treatment, to no avail. 316. Fabiano da Silva Cesario reportedly received a gunshot injury on 25 August 2000 in Iberapuera from a civil police officer believed to be from the DEPATRI. He is said to have been arrested in hospital while receiving medical treatment. At the time of the interview (27 August) his arm was in a cast and it was swelling. He was believed not to be receiving medication.