Amnesty International is concerned that 60 detainees from Loxicha region, Oaxaca state, may be sentenced to imprisonment on the basis of confessions reported to have been extracted under torture. On 7 July nine prisoners, Benito ALMARAZ ENRÍQUEZ, Jordán ALMARAZ SILVA, Arnulfo ALMARAZ VALENCIA, Eleno HERNÁNDEZ ALMARAZ, Genaro LÓPEZ RUIZ, José PACHECO CONTRERAS, Guillermo PACHECO PACHECO, Silvano PACHECO PACHECO, and Agustín PACHECO HERNÁNDEZ, all from the same region, were each sentenced to 40 years imprisonment after an unfair judicial process which apparently included the use of confessions extracted under torture. The defence is lodging an immediate appeal.
