E/CN.4/1992/17 page 53 issued for the temporary suspension of police officers Rafael Becerrill and Alfonso Treviño Peña, and the case was assigned to the Internal Control Office of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic. (b) Juan José González Ordonez, Angel Chávez Sánchez and Alberto Chávez Barroso. These cases are being investigated by the National Human Rights Commission. (c) Juvencio Dante Morales. It has been established that he was tortured. The young man's body was exhumed on 4 January 1991; however, the National Commission has no further details to date on the proceedings conducted against one of the Immigration Officers who was arrested for alleged responsibility for ill-treatment and incitement to suicide. (d) Salomón Mendoza Barajas, Magdaleno Vera García and Carlos Valencia Morfín. These persons were released and their cases dismissed since it could be established that their rights had been violated. (e) Marcial Rojas Lázaro. The National Commission conducted an investigation into this complaint and recommended: that an investigation should be conducted into the circumstances under which Mr. Rojas Lázaro was arrested and questioned by Judicial Police officers Enrique Cortéz Bonilla, José Erasmo Iglesias Serafín, Mario Coronado Estrada, José Armando Orozco, Enrique Quiñones Ortega and José Carlos Ceceña Vázquez; that if the responsibility of the police officers was established they should be suspended and criminal proceedings should be initiated; and that if they were found guilty, all police bodies in the country should be so advised in order to prevent their joining any of them; on 13 May 1991 the Governor of the State agreed to the recommendation. (f) Julio Cesar Márquez Valenzuela. The National Commission learned that the Judicial Police officers involved in this case were removed from their posts and indicted. Mr. Márquez Valenzuela is currently being held for common crimes and his human rights have not been violated in this latest period of custody. However, the National Commission will continue to follow up the trial; (g) Alejandro Delgado García. The National Commission recommended that preliminary inquiries should be made into the persons responsible for the death of Mr. Delgado García and that the National Commission should be informed of the progress of the investigations and action taken by the competent authorities. 155. In a letter dated 18 October 1991, the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government of Mexico information according to which victims of torture are primarily from the poorest sectors of the population and include both persons arrested for political reasons or as part of land-ownership disputes, human rights activists, persons suspected of drug-trafficking and common criminals. It is also alleged that women and children have been tortured. Reports also indicated that it is a regular practice among members of the police in charge of investigating a particular offence to arrest individuals suspected of being involved in political or criminal activities or even to pick up persons on the street and force them to confess crimes under torture

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