Chiapas: Detainees transferred from Tabasco to Chiapas
The entrance to CERESO 12, Yajalón, Chiapas
The unmarked white van entering CERESO 12 with the two detainees
On April 24, Ángel Concepción Pérez Gutiérrez and Francisco Pérez Vázquez, both previously detained in the Municipal Public Prison in Tacotalapa, Tabasco, were transferred to the state of Chiapas where they are currently being held at Center for Social Readaptation (CERESO) 12 in Yajalón. The Chiapas State government has stated that it will revise each of the cases from the time of the initial arrests on July 9, 1996, as they appear fraught with irregularities.
SIPAZ accompanied one of the family members of the detainees from Tabasco to the prison in Yajalón and was present when the white van transporting the two men arrived shortly before 9:00 pm on April 25. The following day, members of the organization briefly interviewed both Ángel Concepción Pérez Gutiérrez and Francisco Pérez Vázquez.
For more information:
Chiapas: Chiapas prisoners held in Tabasco begin hunger strike (SIPAZ, 22/04/2008)
