E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 90 105. Luciano Aparecido dos Santos, a detainee at Nelson Hungria prison, was reportedly beaten on 31 August 2000 when he was moved from his cell. According to the information received, one of the teams composed of 12 guards started to slap and kick him at the entrance of the block to which he was transferred. The following day he was handcuffed and taken to a security cell by 12 guards. He was allegedly beaten on his ribs with sticks for about three hours by seven guards. It is believed that he fainted and did not answer their questions. His request to see a doctor was reportedly denied. 106. Maria da Penha da Silva, from Espirito Santo, was reportedly arrested on 4 June 2000. She was subsequently allegedly taken to a small room at a bus terminal in Belo Horizonte by two policemen and a policewoman who questioned her about drugs and reportedly beat and kicked her for some 30 minutes, compressed her neck and stuck a garbage bag in her mouth. She is then said to have been unable to swallow and to have suffered from a pain in her throat for a week. Allegedly, as a result of the ill-treatment, she signed a confession. She was reportedly subsequently transferred to the women’s police lock-up of the Department of Investigation of Belo Horizonte. Her request for a medical examination was reported to have been denied. 107. Elza Vidal de Souza was allegedly arrested on 14 June 2000 on suspicion of having committed a crime under article 157 of the Penal Code. Five military police officers from the 10th district police station of Neves, who were said to have been wearing ninja masks, reportedly beat her on the head with the butt of a revolver. They allegedly took her to a forest, where they placed a rifle to her head, compressed her neck and threw her into a hole. They reportedly told her that if she did not reply to their questions, they would kill her and bury her in the forest. They are said to have told her to lie down, to have punched her and to have kicked her on the back and stomach. They reportedly hit her on the head. Subsequently, she is said to have been transferred to the 7th district police station, then back to the 10th district police station, where she allegedly remained for one month. She reportedly only received medical treatment three hours after her transfer to the Neves police station. She was reportedly given stitches at the Medico-Legal Institute without anaesthetic. Military police officers were reportedly present in the hospital room at the time of the medical examination. At the time of the interview (4 September 2000) at the lock-up of the main police station, Department of Investigation, Belo Horizonte, she was still said to be suffering from headaches as a result of the ill-treatment. 108. Vilma de Olivieira Tomás was allegedly arrested on 12 August 2000. During the arrest she was allegedly kicked to the head and beaten by three military police officers. She was reportedly brought to the 2nd district police station in Belo Horizonte, where she was beaten with a gun on her head and with a wooden stick on her arm. She was further said to have been beaten on her feet and head for half an hour with a cocota (tyre rubber wrapped around a wooden stick). She was allegedly told not to shout by the military police officers. She is said to have signed a prepared confession under threat of further beatings. 109. Maria dos Santos de Souza was allegedly arrested on 14 May 1999 in her home in the Suzana neighbourhood in Belo Horizonte. Twenty military police officers reportedly broke down the door of her house at 4.30 a.m. while she was asleep. They are said to have asked her to tell them who the drug lord of the area was. They reportedly took her to the narcotics division of a civil police station, where they are said to have hit her head against the wall and stifled her.