“(This) due to the illegal retention and excessive use of force that resulted in torture and as a consequence the deprivation of the victim’s life, attributable to authorities of the state of Yucatán and the municipality of Mérida,” he warned.
Ravelo was detained on July 21 by Yucatán police officers as he was walking down the street. After his arrest, he spent four days in intensive care at a hospital, where he was found to have a perforated lung and tears in the anus, according to his mother, María Ravelo, at the time.
Despite this, on August 13, four agents accused of assaulting the young man were released because the judge considered that there was insufficient evidence against him.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) indicated that on August 18, 2021 the mother filed a complaint and the investigation began for the possible crime of torture.
At the end of August, the exhumation of the body and the autopsy were carried out. In October, the FGR concluded that Ravelo “died of pneumonia not related to any trauma received during his detention” and ruled out that there had been torture or rape by the police.
Faced with this, the CNDH asked the state prosecutor’s office to continue with the investigation, “so that it is the competent jurisdictional authority that determines, if applicable, the corresponding penalty for those responsible.”
