E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 82 71. Alexandre Santos Andrade, Adilson das Dores Silva, Jean Carlos Ribeiro dos Santos, Wanderson Tales Nonato, Leonardo Gomes Batista, Carlos Eduardo Machado da Silva, Wanderson Pereira de Souza, Silvinei Ribeiro Pereira, Darlan de Souza Milagres and Gabriel Afonso de Araújo, all detained at the theft and robbery police station in Belo Horizonte, were reportedly beaten and submitted to diverse forms of torture by a prison guard between January and October 1999. It is reported that on several occasions this guard asked the prisoners for money to transfer them to less crowded cells at the police station or to another jail. It is believed that detainees who refused to pay were punished, in particular by being denied visits or by being prevented from going to the courtyard. An inquiry was allegedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 72. Gincarlos Nogueira Mainarte was reportedly arrested on 4 February 1998 at his work by civil police officers who took him to the theft and robbery police station in Belo Horizonte. According to the information received, he was slapped, kicked and punched on several parts of his body. He was also allegedly hit on the soles of his feet with a piece of wood and rubber. He reportedly underwent an official medical examination. A judicial inquiry is said to have been opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 73. Wellington da Silva Fereira, Carlos da Silva and Rogério Gomes da Silva were allegedly arrested on suspicion of armed robbery on 25 November 1998 by three civil police officers in Belo Horizonte. They were reportedly taken to the division of crimes in the theft and robbery police station, where they were allegedly severely beaten. It is reported that Wellington da Silva Fereira died as a result of the beatings to which he had allegedly been subjected. His body was allegedly not seen by anybody after it was taken away by police officers. It is reported that there were witnesses to the incident and that a judicial inquiry was opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 74. Luiz Antônio Mariano was allegedly approached at his workplace on 10 April 1997 by a security inspector who worked for the company in which he was employed. He was reportedly invited to accompany him to the headquarters of the security company, where they were reportedly joined by a police officer. He was then reportedly slapped, kicked, punched and hit with a piece of wood with a rubber tied on its edge. He was reportedly then taken to the 11th district police station. He allegedly underwent an official medical examination in which lesions consistent with his allegations were reportedly found. A judicial inquiry was reportedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 75. C.H.O., a 16-year-old student, allegedly went to a police station in Belo Horizonte to ask for protection on 27 September 1997. He had reportedly kissed on the mouth his one year younger cousin and was being threatened by her father. According to the information received, after narrating the facts to the delegado he was taken to a separate room by a civil police officer along with other suspected juvenile offenders. The civil police officer reportedly told them that C.H.O. was “crazy and a rapist” in order to stimulate reprisals. It is reported that he was taken to a bathroom, kicked, punched and subjected several times to oral and anal sex. He was reportedly subsequently taken to another room, where he was reportedly slapped in the face by an officer.