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Torture Victim Imprisoned for Weapons Charge

TEPIC, NAYARIT, 28FEBRERO2012.- Genaro García Luna, Secretaria de Seguridad Pública Federal, junto con Patricio Patiño Arias, Subsecretario del Sistema Penitenciario Federal, durante el recorrido y entrega del nuevo Complejo Penitenciario Federal Noroeste, mismo que albergara alrededor de 700 internos en áreas de máxima seguridad. FOTO: SAÚL LÓPEZ /CUARTOSCURO.COM

A screen shot from the video showing Santibáñez being tortured.

The woman who appeared in a video being tortured by an Army captain and a Federal Police officer has been identified as Elvira Santibáñez Margarito. Santibáñez is being held in the federal prison in Tepic, Nayarit, accused of carrying weapons.

Santibáñez is from Ajuchitlán del Progreso, Guerrero, and is accused of being a member of the Familia Michoacana cartel.

She was brought before a federal judge in Iguala after being tortured.