17 Dead in Cadereyta Prison

Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from Processo
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Following the riot in the Cadereyta prison that left 17 people dead, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) expressed concern about the lack of adequate response from the authorities to address the problem in detention centers in Nuevo Leon, which has been warned by the commission before, and urgently demanded to restore order.

In a statement, the Commission pointed out that Deputy Inspectors, in coordination with personnel of the State Commission on Human Rights, went to Cereso de Cadereyta to verify that the current situation is a result of violent acts, in order to verify that human rights of inmates and their families are not violated.

In addition, according to the CNDH, precautionary measures have been issued in order to take necessary actions, provide information to the relatives of the inmates and give them appropriate treatment in accord with the law within authority of the penitentiary system.

The agency mentioned that visitors met with officials from the Human Rights Directorate of the Undersecretary of Government, the Social Reintegration Directorate of the Prison Administration Agency and the institution itself, and contacted family members in order to check their treatment  anytime there were groups of 5 people entering the penitentiary.

"The reported results registered 17 inmates dead and 37 injured, whose status is confirmed by going to the University Hospital, where they are tended to," he said.

He also said that the prison, which reports damages in technical areas and some dormitories, is protected within by guards and state civil force.

The CNDH recalled that it has issued recommendations derived from violent acts in the state as well, "both in Apodaca and Topo Chico penitentiary centers, where 43 inmates were killed and 73 were injured, and in two incidents in a period of 4 months, 52 inmates died and 55 were injured. "

Likewise, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in its Recommendation M-01/2016 reported on the violations in the three [prisons], including Cadereyta, "and which constitute a risk factor that generates situations such as which currently exist in this institution, where there is a similar history of violent events last March, resulting in loss of life of 4 people and 21 injured."