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unable to open an investigation into the presumed rape perpetrated against women by the police
as there were no legal grounds for this, because there had been no gynecological examinations
and no specific criminal accusations had been filed.”100
74. Subsequently, on June 16, 2006, a newspaper published that the Governor of the State had
declared that “it is a well-known fact that, in the manual for insurgent groups, radical groups, the
first thing the manual advises is that women should denounce that they have been raped.”101 In
addition, it appears that he also stated that, if those who had committed offenses were identified,
they would be punished pursuant to the law. 102 Then, on June 27, 2006, the declarations of the
Commissioner of the state Security Agency were published, in which he attributed the supposed
police abuse to “high levels of stress,” and indicated that “if the women, for reasons of modesty,
had not let doctors examine them, it was because no one had done anything to them.”103
B. The facts with regard to the eleven women104
B.1 The initial detentions
75. On May 3, 2006, Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada,105 Ana María Velasco Rodríguez,106 Angélica
Patricia Torres Linares,107 María Patricia Romero Hernández 108 and María Cristina Sánchez
Hernández109 were detained.
Newspaper article published in “El Universal” on May 17, 2006, entitled “Wilfrido Robledo declara sobre los acontecimientos
en Atenco” [Wilfrido Robledo speaks out about the events in Atenco] (evidence file, folio 522).
100
Newspaper article published in “Reforma” on June 16, 2006, entitled “Desestima Peña abusos en Atenco” [Peña rejects
abuses in Atenco] (evidence file, folio 529).
101
Newspaper article published in “Reforma” on June 16, 2006, entitled “Desestima Peña abusos en Atenco” (evidence file,
folio 529).
102
Newspaper article published in “La Jornada” on June 26, 2006, entitled “La actuación de los policías, por alto nivel de
estrés: Robledo” [Police actions due to high level of stress: Robledo] (evidence file, folios 524 and 525). In addition, the May 17,
2016, report presented by the state Security Agency also discredits the accusations of the women, affirming that the FPDT
leaders “tr[ied] to suggest the conclusions that the Public Prosecution Service, and the judicial authority could reach, [by]
asserting that the police who intervened in the operation and detained the activists and the members of the Front had
committed unlawful acts because, without producing evidence, they have been affirming – as if they were certain of the facts the supposed violations, ill-treatment and sexual abuse of the women, even going so far as to declare that, in order to commit
violent rape, the police agents used “condoms” so as not to leave evidence of the crime committed, ignoring the fact that a
possible victim of a violent rape would have injuries that could endanger her life and mental capacity and also that it would take
15 days for the injuries to heal and, therefore, she would have to be hospitalized.” Activity report of the General Inspectorate of
the state Security Agency of May 17, 2016 (evidence file, folio 21743).
103
Unless otherwise indicated, the description of what happened to the eleven women victims in this case can be found
in the evidence listed in Annex 1 to this judgment.
104
Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada was 46 years of age at the time of the facts and worked in a shop. Her family consists of
her children, Cesar Adrián Pomposo Muñoz, Eduardo Pomposo Muñoz, José Guadalupe Pomposo Muñoz, Gregorio Pomposo
Muñoz and Jennifer Pomposo Muñoz, and her siblings, Emma Muñoz Diosdada, Gloria Muñoz Diosdada, Jesús Muñoz
Diosdada, Juana Muñoz Diosdada and Fernando Muñoz Diosdada.
105
Ana María Velasco Rodríguez was 32 years of age at the time of the facts and, at that time, was employed in a
tortilla store. Her family consists of her sons, Gustavo and Arturo Alberto Hernández Velasco.
106
Angélica Patricia Torres Linares was 23 years of age at the time of the facts and was studying political science at the
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her family consists of her father, Genaro Torres Lagar, her mother,
Concepción Linares Olivos, and her siblings Miguel Ángel Torres Linares, Laura Isela Torres Linares and Jorge Torres
Linares.
107
María Patricia Romero Hernández was 38 years of age at the time of the facts and was a trader. Her family consists
of her father, Raúl Romero Macías, her mother, Hilda Hernández Ramírez, her children, Arturo Adali Sánchez Romero and
108