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abdomen and extremities, and Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno had “multiple contusions, a head
injury and an injury from sexual abuse.” The case file does not contain the admission records of
Angélica Patricia Torres Linares and Claudia Hernández Martínez.
101. According to their statements, the eleven women victims in this case were beaten and
insulted when they arrived at this establishment. In particular, Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada described
how one of the police agents said to them, “well, bitches, now you’ve come home, you won’t get
out of here, not even in 20 years.”116 She also recounted that the police pulled them out of the
truck, pushed them, seized them by the hair; then, the police formed a barrier and, as the people
passed by, they kicked their bodies and hit their heads with their fists, until they entered the
prison. Ana María Velasco Rodríguez reported that “they pushed [her] head against a wall; they
kicked [their] legs and feet and demanded [their] personal data.”117 Angélica Patricia Torres
Linares described how she was pulled out of the bus by her hair, and beaten with a baton; she
even fainted and had to be carried. María Patricia Romero Hernández recounted that, as they
passed by the wall of the CEPRESO on their arrival, they “were beaten against the wall,” “they
seized [her] by the hair and hit [her] head against the wall.” Upon her arrival at CEPRESO, María
Cristina Sánchez Hernández indicated that they “were kicked off the bus” and were told that “we
had come home and would never leave that place.” Norma Aidé Jiménez recounted that, on
arriving at the prison, she was pushed and ordered to keep her hands behind her and her head
down, and not allowed to go to the bathroom for almost eight hours. Bárbara Italia Méndez
Moreno indicated that she heard taunts and obscene expressions about her body and condition,
which she described as “very hurtful, very painful.” Mariana Selvas Gómez, Georgina Edith
Rosales Gutiérrez and Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo recounted how they continued to be
beaten and insulted, and this only ceased, according to Mariana, when they reached the waiting
room where “there were no more beatings.”
102. Regarding the sexual abuse suffered in the CEPRESO, Angélica Patricia Torres Linares
recounted that, on entering, they were put into a room where they were ordered to stand against
the wall with their arms up. She stated that a police agent who was behind her held her by the
waist. She added that she “began to tremble when another agent passed by and yelled at him,
‘Hey, why aren’t you hitting her? Screw her, rape her!”; so, they hit her in the ribs and the agent
“touched [her] genital area and then put his hand inside [her] clothes, and [she] felt him touch
her vulva with his fingers and then penetrate [her].” She clarified that she did not report this
episode initially “because [she] was afraid and ashamed,” she only reported that she had been
touched on top of her trousers, and that “the official who took note of this said that it was not
important because it was not rape.” Meanwhile, Claudia Hernández Martínez recalled that, on
entering the prison, the beatings continued; they were lined up and she was made to turn and
see how they raped a male companion who was beside her, telling her that she would be next.
She recounted that “a police agent pulled [her] hair and pushed [her] hard against the wall about
six times”; he pulled and pinched her breasts, he pressed his hips against her and “placed a
pointed object against [her] back,” threatening to kill her. He also tried to pull her trousers down,
but stopped when so ordered by another agent.
103. The women were then stripped and examined, in some cases in front of other detainees.
Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada added that “they entered a room where there were people who were
already naked, men and women,” and where they were told to take off all their clothes. She
Similarly, Angélica Patricia Torres Linares indicated that they were “kicked out of the bus and told that “we had
reached home and we would never leave that place.”
116
In the same way, Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno recounted that they were beaten while they were asked to provide
their personal data.
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