César Arellano García
La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, December 9, 2024, p. 5
The Federal Institute of Public Defenders (IFDP) documented 460 new cases of acts of torture or ill-treatment, allegedly committed to the detriment of 628 men and 86 women.
In its 2023-2024 report, it states that regarding the various methods of torture used, it was found that they were mainly blows and kicks to the body and asphyxiation with wet and dry methods, which were carried out mainly in the states of Guanajuato, Baja. California, Zacatecas and Guerrero.
Of the 460 complaints registered, 36 cases correspond to events linked to issues inherent to the conditions of prison confinement and 424 to actions that arose at the time of arrest and/or being placed at the disposal of the people represented by the institute.
According to the data, 36 prison authorities were identified as likely responsible for human rights violations; They are followed by members of the National Guard, with 15 cases registered; municipal police, with 141; state police, with 152; ministerial state police, 64, and the Ministry of National Defense, with 16, to mention a few.
During the reporting period, 46,769 legal advisory services were provided, 9,363 first contact orientations and 10,231 through Defensatel, in its telephone and digital modalities.
Of the universe of people served, 48 percent are women and 52 percent are men. In addition, 396 services were provided to members of indigenous peoples and communities.
The IFDP points out that the differentiated impacts that women survivors of sexual torture have experienced were recorded in the complaints filed by federal public servants and that even though in absolute terms it is noted that there is a greater number of complaints for acts of torture committed against For men, acts of a sexual nature are proportionally more present in cases of torture of women: 12 percent of complaints committed against women reported some type of touching, forced nudity or act of a sexual nature, while in the case of men it corresponds to 4 percent of the cases.
In this regard, it indicates that in the reporting period, seven indirect protection claims were filed for the benefit of 10 torture survivors (four men and six women) related to compliance with institutional obligations. In the same year, three favorable rulings were obtained in amparo trials.
He reported that progress was made in two federal criminal proceedings initiated for the crime of torture against former federal police officers and elements of the Navy Secretariat, in the states of Morelos and Veracruz.
