Father of a sick child who protests with casseroles against a cut in electricity service in the neighborhood is beaten and detained for three days.

Andres has a two-year-old son who had dengue fever. When he had just recovered, the electricity was cut off in the whole neighborhood at 6 o'clock in the evening. From the time the power went out until one o'clock in the morning, Andres was winding the child with a piece of cardboard to prevent him from getting sick again. At 1:00 a.m., when the electricity had not yet returned, Andres went out into the street with a casserole and a piece of iron to protest. Little by little, more and more of his neighbors joined the protest and decided to start walking through the streets, recruiting more protesters. The group immediately headed towards the government to complain about the cut in electricity service. However, after three blocks they were intercepted by two patrol cars, a small van full of red berets and two security motors. Without any warning or attempt to dissuade them from ending their protest, the officers armed themselves against the protesters and arrested everyone they could. Andres was beaten and detained in the third unit for three days. He was finally released with a fine of five thousand pesos and a threat of prosecution if he incited disorder again.