Celina Osoria Claro was summoned by two policemen who came to her house. They submitted her a summons, handwritten, with no signature or stamp. For that reason, Celina told them that she would not arrive, since the document was not official. Subsequently, the officials detained her and took her to the police unit Parque 24. When they arrived, she was received by State Security (DSE) officials known as Víctor Víctor and Luis Ángel or Roberto. She was told that she had been taken to the police unit in order to warn her officially that she was committing a crime of spreading a pandemic since an activist Rafael Puentes Creme was visiting her and she was visiting him. Moreover, she was told that she was leaving her house too often and should comply with the rules for social distancing. If not, she could be fined from 300 to 3000 pesos or sentenced to one year in prison for the above-mentioned reason. Then she was given an official warning, which she did not sign, and released.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
Political police
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