of the 17 detainees, including 6 women,26 and determined that they had been subjected to beatings, indignities, and physical and psychological mistreatment, particularly while at judicial police facilities; that the women had been forced to strip naked in front of uniformed male personnel, that many of the detainees were being held in solitary confinement and incommunicado detention, and that some of them did not know who their lawyers were, while others had not received medical assistance, medicine, and food and water for some days.27 23. Similarly, after a video of the operation was made public, in its edition of May 2, 2002, La Razón newspaper reported that the police had used excessive force in detaining the suspects, who were handcuffed and severely beaten.28 The Commission also examined a video (without sound) in which, although no actual acts of violence are seen, it can be observed that several of the detainees had been badly beaten up—their faces were swollen and bleeding—and their hands restrained behind them and they were lying on their stomachs.29 The video also shows how someone uses the tip of their shoe to move the heads of the handcuffed individuals to face the camera.30 Children can be seen in the video, but none of them is handcuffed or lying face-down.31 Women also appear in the video, all of them clothed; only one is lying on her stomach;32 another woman is handcuffed and on her feet speaking to those detaining her.33 The video also records that a large amount of money—dollars and bolivianos—in stacks, wrapped in paper or black bags, and in Prosegur bags;34 a large quantity of jewelry, in boxes and a suitcase; 35 firearms (submachine guns, rifles, shotguns, and pistols), ammunition and grenades; 36 passports; 37 bulletproof vests; 38 and vehicle license plates were seized in the operation.39 24. According to reports of the Ombudsperson (Defensor del Pueblo) of the Republic of Bolivia,40 9 of the detainees,41 were held in a solitary confinement regime for more than 60 days without being allowed into the yard, mingle with the prison population, receive any sunlight, or use a telephone. It was only after representatives of the Ombudsperson had a meeting with Colonel Carlos Fernández Maceda, the Governor of Chonchocoro Prison, on February 28, 2002, that he promised to move them the following day. The Ombudsperson mentions in his reports that the rights of the detainees were violated but considered that the situation was rectified by the prison authorities after they were transferred to open cells, as was verified by his office on March 5, 2003. Freddy Cáceres, Raúl Lulleman Gutiérrez, Enrique o Carlos Castro Ramírez, Carlos Eladio Cruz Añez, Alfredo Farfán Larrosa o José Miguel Abildo Díaz, Blas Valencia Campos, Juan Ramírez Ortega, Oswaldo Lulleman Antezana, Walter Herrera Ríos, Elacio Peña Córdova, Alfredo Rodríguez Vives, Mercedes Valencua Chuquimia, Claudia Valencia Alarcón, Norma Alarcón de Valencia, Francis Elida Pimentela Merino, Victoria Gutiérrez Aguilar, Patricia Gallardo Arduz. 27 Annex 08, Cutting from La Prensa newspaper of January 30, 2002, appended to the petitioners' complaint of January 24, 2003. 28 Annex 09, Cutting from La Razón newspaper of May 2, 2002, appended to the petitioners' complaint of January 24, 2003. 29 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 20:55, 27:30-30:16, 30:40-30:52, 31:45-32:05, 32:00-33:00, 34:30, 38:15, and 38:45. 30 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 28:00-30:17. 31 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 9:05-12:17, 26:25, and 26:35. 32 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minute 38:40. 33 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 39:10, 39:30, 39:5040:32, 41:30-41:47, and 42:45-45:32. 34 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 20:30, 21:04, 21:45, 28:38-29:22, 30:25-30:32, 31:08, 31:30-31:42, 35:58-36:20, 38:10, 38:30, 39:20, 39:30, 40:45-41:12, and 48:00-49:30. 35 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 36:20-37:02, 46:20, and 50:30-51:32. 36 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 22:30, 22:50-23:42, 31:00, 33:20-34:31, 34:45, 34:58, 37:00-38:02, and 49:45-52:17. 37 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 46:26-47:52. 38 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 40:45-41:12. 39 Annex 10, Video (without sound) in VHS format of the police operation and reconstruction of the events, minutes 35:10-35:42. 40 Annex 11, Direct Intervention Report of the Office of the Ombudsperson, Case No. 0277-ALT-2002, March 6, 2002; Annex 12, Report PA/ALT/00081/2002/DH of the Office of the Ombudsperson, Case No. 0277-ALT-2002, March 20, 2002. 41 Blas Valencia Campos, Oswaldo Lulleman, Carlos Cruz Añez, Alfredo Rodríguez Vives, Enrique Castro Ramírez, Ignacio Peña Córdoba, Juan Ramirez Ortega, Walter Herrera Ríos, and José Miguel Albidio Diaz. 26 7