Lady in White detained and kept for two hours in a patrol car



A Lady in White Caridad María Burunate Gómez was detained when she left her house and was about to go to the church. She was instructed to get in the patrol jeep no. 832 along with two police officers and an officer in a green uniform. They drove the central highway and they stopped some 100 metres from a place known as Cooperativa 26 de Julio, located in the Desengaño area. The officers and Caridad got off the car. Immediately, Yuniel, the political police officer who had been already waiting at the spot, told her to get in the jeep again. Caridad and Yuniel had an argument. After that, Caridad got in the car and Yuniel closed the door. Few minutes later, the officer in the green uniform got in the car, too.They kept Caridad in the car until 1 pm and then she was released.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Political police
QCLL/114