After he lost consciousness, he was handcuffed and moved, in the boot of the Military Police vehicle, to the 8th Civil Police Precinct, where he was again beaten and insulted by the Military Police, and his personal belongings destroyed. The Military Police initially prevented Claudio Orlando dos Santos from making a formal complaint. He remained in hospital until his death on 3 November 1994. He reported that he was feeling psychologically harassed. AIDS affects the body's immune system and its capacity to fight off disease and infection.
Traumatic events can lower still further the body's already weakened resistance to infection.
Therefore, the trauma suffered by Claudio Orlando dos Santos when he was beaten up by police may well have contributed to a lowering of his body's defences to infection, and thus to his eventual death. According to reports received by Amnesty International, the military police investigation was closed because of lack of evidence, and therefore no police officer was ever charged or brought to trial in connection with the beating of Claudio Orlando dos Santos. The military police carry out policing on the streets, and arrest criminal suspects. Amnesty International has urged the Brazilian authorities for many years to ensure that all human rights violations committed by police are thoroughly and independently investigated by an agency other than that to which those involved in the incident belong. Secretary of Public Security, Santa Catarina Exma.