Lady in White detained for an hour in a patrol car in order to prevent her from attending Mass



A Lady in White Asunción Carrillo Hernández was detained and prevented from attending Mass in the church in her town. She was put in a patrol car no. 208 and driven outside the city of Colón, using the road to La Luisa. There were three police officers, two women and one man, and State Security officer known as Daniel in the car. After a while, they stopped under a tree. The officers got off the car and told Asunción to get off the car if she wanted to. The Lady in White said she was detained and did not go for a picnic. One of the police officers with a badge no. 03799 approched her and threatened Asución with beating her up. All the time during the detention, Asución stayed inside the car under the tree. At 1 pm, the officers released Asución back in Colón, using offensive language.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Political police
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