Mexico: Demand protection for two tortured men

Index Number: AMR 41/043/2009
Date Published: 20 August 2009
Categories: Mexico

Two young men, 22-year-old Silverio Iván Jaimes Filio and 23-year-old Jorge Raúl Jaimes Jiménez were arbitrarily arrested in Morelos state, central Mexico, and tortured by soldiers. They were released a few hours later but were threatened that they would be in danger if they reported the incident. Their lives could be at risk.