Two prisoners crucified themselves in southeast Mexico ahead of Easter after claiming to have been tortured to confess crimes, a state official said on Tuesday.
The prisoners tied themselves to wooden crosses made in a carpentry workshop and nailed holes in their hands until they bled, remaining there all day Monday, the official said, requesting anonymity.
The two, who were later untied by fellow inmates, are part of 23 prisoners involved in two-week demonstrations at El Amate prison, in Chiapas state, seeking a review of their cases and demanding to be freed.
The demonstrators, members of farmers' unions, claim to have been tortured and forced to confess to murders and other crimes.
Last week four of the prisoners sewn their lips together, and eight others are on hunger strike.
Members of their families said police had removed them on Monday from their own two-week protests outside state government buildings.
The government said that those protests had stopped after talks in which they agreed to revise all the cases within 45 days.
This week, Semana Santa, is Mexico's second most important holiday season of the year, behind only Christmas, and runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
1 comment:
I like the 'remained there all Monday'. Did no one think of getting them down?
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