| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2009 
Mexico Probes Death of Rancher Tortured by Police
 EFE
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 |  | Daniel Federico Chowell Arenas stated the official position of condemnation for the incident in a document entitled 'Together Let's Eradicate Torture.' |  | | |
Mexico City - Prosecutors in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato told Efe Friday that they will investigate last month's death of a rancher who was tortured while in police custody.
The office of the state's public ombudsman issued nine recommendations on the incident and expressed "its rejection and indignation towards all kinds of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" such as occurred on Jan. 20 in the town of San Felipe Guanajuato.
Five state police officers arrested Palomo Rodriguez, 53, without a warrant and took him to a precinct in San Felipe, where he died hours later.
This Thursday Guanajuato's attorney general, Daniel Federico Chowell Arenas, stated the official position of condemnation for the incident in a document entitled "Together Let's Eradicate Torture."
He also accepted the nine recommendations of the ombudsman's office, apologized to the victim's family and promised that the crime would not go unpunished.
Implicated in the incident up to now are the agents who made the arrest, the commander of the precinct where the incident occurred and a telephone receptionist who saw what was happening and did nothing, prosecutors say.
On Friday the head of the human rights division in the state AG office, Gustavo Rodriguez Junquera, told Efe that, according to preliminary investigations, the rancher was being tortured for the three hours he was in custody until his death.
Rodriguez promised that his unit will be "very watchful" that an investigation is carried out that could lead to criminal charges against those implicated. |
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