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caused by acts of torture.”
b. Ana María Velasco Rodríguez: it was concluded that she suffered from post-traumatic
stress disorder and psycho-therapeutic treatment was recommended.
c. María Patricia Romero Hernández: it was concluded that the signs and symptoms were
characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder; therefore, psycho-therapeutic
treatment was recommended.
d. Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio: it was concluded that she had symptoms characteristic of
post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and general anxiety; therefore, psychotherapeutic treatment was recommended. In addition, at the request of the CNDH, the
prison’s medical center performed a gynecological examination on June 1, 2006.
e. Mariana Selvas Gómez: it was concluded that she revealed a state of emotional stress,
moderate depression and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder; therefore,
psycho-therapeutic treatment was recommended
f. Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez: it was concluded that she suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder and psycho-therapeutic treatment was recommended.
g. Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo: it was concluded that she suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder and psycho-therapeutic treatment was recommended.
112. Similarly, between July and September 2006, the Colectivo contra la Tortura y la Impunidad
(hereinafter “CCTI”) also examined seven of the eleven women: María Patricia Romero
Hernández, Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio, Claudia Hernández Martínez Mariana Selvas Gómez,
Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez, Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo and Bárbara Italia Méndez
Moreno. With regard to all of them, it concluded that they suffered from post-traumatic stress,
which was chronic in some cases, and also from different degrees of anxiety and/or depression;
therefore, it recommended medical and psycho-therapeutic care by trusted professionals. In the
case of María Patricia Romero Hernández and Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno, it also underscored
that, regarding the former, she had not had the appropriate medical tests for her initial injuries;
while, with regard to Bárbara, it stressed that, although the tests carried out had been positive
for semen, DNA testing had not been conducted in order to make the respective comparison.
B.5 The proceedings against the women
113. Following their detention, the eleven women were brought before an agent of the Public
Prosecution Service and, as a result, the following preliminary inquiries were opened: (i)
preliminary inquiry TOL/MD/I/330/2006, in relation to Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada, Ana María
Velasco Rodríguez and María Cristina Sánchez Hernández; (ii) preliminary inquiry
TOL/MD/III/332/2006, in relation to Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio, Mariana Selvas Gómez,
Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez, Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo, Bárbara Italia Méndez
Moreno, Angélica Patricia Torres Linares and Claudia Hernández Martínez, and (iii) preliminary
inquiry TEX/AMOD/III/603/2006, in relation to María Patricia Romero Hernández. In the context
of criminal case 96/2006, on May 7, 2006, Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada, Ana María Velasco
Rodríguez, María Cristina Sánchez Hernández, Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio, Mariana Selvas
Gómez, Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez, Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo, Bárbara Italia
Méndez Moreno, Angélica Patricia Torres Linares and Claudia Hernández Martínez were brought
before the Second Criminal Trial Court accused of the offenses of attacks on highways and means
of transportation, felony kidnapping, and organized crime. Also, under criminal case 95/2006, on
May 4, 2006, María Patricia Romero was brought before the same court for the offenses of
bearing a prohibited weapon, insults and malicious injury. On May 10, 2006, the said court issued
an order on the constitutional time limit in which the eleven women were ordered to stand trial.