A man from Guantánamo detained for 6 hours at the police station and threatened with prosecution



Brayan Mendoza Benítez was summoned by a sector police chief of the district he lives in, Captain Rudel Calunga, to the police station located in the Reparto Obrero district in the city of Guantánamo. There he was threatened for not having a permament job and for meeting with youth from his neighborhood. The official also told him that he could be prosecuted based on the paragraph on dangerousness if he continued doing the same. Brayam was released on the same day after six hours in detention.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Freedom of assembly
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
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