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against the wall, took away her belongings, the sweater she was wearing and her blouse, leaving
her in her brassiere, and giving back some of her clothes later. She reported that they were taken
out into the street, where the police began to hit their heads, arms, shoulders and backs with
something hard. The police continued to beat them while taking them to a bus in which there
were other detainees and they were piled on top of the others.
81. In the case of the last two women who were detained on May 3, they were both carrying out
their normal activities when they encountered the police. María Patricia Romero Hernández was
detained near her family’s butcher’s shop in the Belisario Domínguez market, together with her
son and her father, after approaching one of the agents to ask why they were attacking the flower
sellers. She recalled that, on seeing that her son was filming what was happening, the police
began to hit him viciously and the Assistant Chief of Police ordered: “hit him, the son of a bitch.”
She reported that, on seeing this, she tried to approach her son in order to shield him, but three
female police agents subdued her and she was then arrested by the municipal agents. She
narrated that she was handcuffed and beaten, and her personal belongings and money were
taken. Then, she was forcibly transferred to a municipal police van and pushed in face down.
María Cristina Sánchez Hernández was detained when she was walking with her husband by the
flower warehouse, when the police entered using tear gas, and hitting all those present viciously.
She indicated that the police put her in a truck, saying that they were going to kill them and
throw them in the river.
82. On May 4, 2006, Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio,110 Claudia Hernández Martínez,111 Mariana
Selvas Gómez,112 Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez,113 Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo114 and
Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno were detained.115
83. Regarding the circumstances of their detention, Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio and Claudia
Hernández Martínez were walking along a street in San Salvador Atenco. The former was going to
catch a bus to school after finishing a job covering a news item, while the latter was doing
research for her thesis. They both reported that, while walking along the street, police agents
Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio was 23 years of age at the time of the facts and was studying plastic arts at the Instituto
Nacional de Bellas Artes, photography at the FARO de Oriente, lithography at the Escuela Nacional de San Carlos and
chemical engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She also worked as a photographer and reporter
for a magazine of alternative forms of communication. Her family consists of her mother, María Félix Osorio Lira.
110
Claudia Hernández Martínez was 24 years of age at the time of the facts and was studying political science and
working at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her family consists of her father, Juán Hernández Rivera, her
mother, María Victoria Martínez Flórez, her siblings, Anatalia Hernández Martínez, Amelia Hernández Martínez, Rosa Gloria
Hernández Martínez and Artemio Hernández Martínez, and her nephews and nieces, Aarón Jiménez Hernández, Agustín
Jiménez Hernández, Karina Guadalupe Nonato Hernández and Israel Nonato Hernández.
111
Mariana Selvas Gómez was 22 years of age at the time of the facts and, at the time, was studying ethnology at the
Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH). Her family consists of her father, Guillermo Selvas Pineda, and her
mother, Rosalba Gómez Rivera.
112
Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez was 52 years of age at the time of the facts and, at the time, was employed by the
Mexican Social Security Institute. Her family consists of her daughters, Adail Adriana Porcayo Rosales and Ameyatzin
María de Jesús Antunez Rosales, her sisters, Irasema Patricia Rosales Gutiérrez and Bertha Rosales Gutiérrez, and her
mother, Socorro Gutiérrez Almaraz, who died after the events.
113
Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo was 19 years of age at the time of the facts and, at the time, was studying
journalism at the Universidad del Valle de Mexico, and doing temporary work. Her family consists of her mother, Laura
Elena Jaramillo Calvo, her father, Arturo Cuevas Ledesma, and her brother, Carlos Enrique Cuevas Jaramillo.
114
Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno was 29 years of age at the time of the facts and, at the time, was a student of Latin
American studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her family consists of her partner, Iván Artión Torres
Urbina.
115