“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL
Elizabeth Ibal | El Occidental
Police officers in Tonila allegedly tortured a detainee with boards and handcuffed him from the patrol car in order to beat him. The prosecutor Luis Joaquin Mendez Ruiz assured that an investigation will not be opened because the case must meet certain requirements and because there is no information about what happened.
TONILA, JALISCO
In the video, which lasts 45 seconds, the detainee can be seen with his pants down and his shirt up. He was handcuffed to unit M-03, license plate JW-60-221 of the state of Jalisco.
During this time, the handcuffed man received six blows, in the third one the piece of wood breaks due to the force of the blow, at the same time that the subject squirms and cries out for the beating to stop.
“There Guerra, you already gave me six,” the man shouts and cries to his aggressor. In the background, another man says to the attacker “That’s five,” and the attacker replies “Do you want me to hit you too?
The video does not show the aggressor’s face, only his voice, but the handcuffed man calls him “Guerra” on several occasions.
While the aggression is taking place, two policemen can be seen passing by at different times, who are indifferent to the act. A white civilian van can also be seen.
Another video was also disseminated in social networks, which was recorded in a similar space and with the same private van next to the patrol car. In this one, a civilian aboard the patrol car’s box is holding another man, while another one is also holding him.
Because the door of the box is open, it is not possible to see if it is the same patrol car of the Tonila police.
The municipal government has not commented on the first video described above.
We cannot be opening investigations without data: Prosecutor
The prosecutor of Jalisco, Luis Joaquín Méndez assured that in order for an investigation folder to be opened, the injured person would have to file a complaint against the officers or the people who assaulted him or have more information. The official in charge of the justice system in the state gave this statement, despite the fact that the video shows the name of the corporation, the economic number of the patrol car and even the faces of two policemen.
“We do not have any complaint filed by any person as victim or offended party. We open ex officio investigations when we have sufficient elements, when we have well identified the police station, the elements. In due course we would have to review it thoroughly because we cannot open investigations if we do not have sufficient data. There are also requirements to open investigations,” he said.
Human Rights investigates
For its part, the State Human Rights Commission opened the ex officio investigation number 21/2023 and issued precautionary measures directed to the municipal president and requested an investigation, as well as the initiation of a procedure of administrative responsibility and, while it is being carried out, that the elements involved be removed from their positions.
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The following Twitter X account named LaMaskr3 shows the Tonila Police officers beating the detainee with a wooden paddle. “🎥 #Tonila, #Jalisco.
Torture or exemplary punishment?
In this video you can see how the punished is handcuffed to an official patrol car and is watched by uniformed elements while being beaten with boards”. –@LaMasakr3