detain
While the people dispersed in the afternoon after the march, it was given to know that the police were detaining persons identified by the dye from the water cannon used hours before against the population. | Cuando la gente se dispersaba después de la marcha de la tarde se alerto que la policia estaba ejecutando detenciones arbitrarias contra personas que identificaba por estar manchada con tinta del canhon de agua usada por los antimotines horas antes en contra de la poblacion. |
It was not until several days later, after Barrera's wife had filed a formal complaint at a government office, that she received a call from an officer at one of the stations she had visited acknowledging that they were detaining her husband. | Recién varios días después, luego de que la mujer de Barrera presentara una denuncia formal en una oficina gubernamental, recibió un llamado de un funcionario de una de las delegaciones que había visitado, quien reconoció que su esposo se encontraba detenido allí. |
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