Summoned to the Police Department and afterwards hospitalized with cardiac arrhythmia



On September 1, 2015, Tania was summoned by Geonis Mustelier, chief of the sector, to the Police Department on September 2 at 9 am. She was accused of playing prohibited lottery Bolita. She was threatened that a search warrant would be carried out in her house. Tania stayed at the Department from 9 am to 1 pm and then she was released with an official warning. Tania stated that the information was launched by Omero Puig, her neighbor who colaborates with police. Such a stressfull situation caused her cardiac arrhythmia and Tania had to be hospitalized in the provincial hospital from 10 to 13 September.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Collaborators
BRLC/224