Four cops are arrested in Mexico for 'raping and beating' man, 23, before he died in hospital three weeks later

Four police officers have  been charged with murder in Mexico after the death of a 23-year-old man who was allegedly beaten and raped.

The cops were arrested and booked Saturday in Merida, Yucatán, after José Eduardo Ravelo died at Agustín O'Horan General Hospital last Tuesday.

According to local media, Ravelo moved in July from Veracruz - one of the most dangerous states in the country - to Merida, considered one of the safest in the nation, in search of work.

His mother, María Ravelo, said that he was on his way to a job interview July 21 when the Merida Municipal Police agents stopped him near a park and tossed him inside a patrol car. 

Once inside the vehicle, the four officers took José Eduardo Ravelo to the precinct where they reportedly tortured and raped him before they decided to release him.

Jose Eduardo Ravelo was beaten and raped by cops in Merida, Mexico, on July 21. He died at a local hospital August 3. The 23-year-old cause of death was a result of 'multiple organ destruction syndrome and multiple trauma'

Four police offices from the Merida Municipal Police in Merida, Mexico, were arrested Saturday for their roles in the death of José Eduardo Ravelo. Each of the four cops were formally charged Monday with aggravated gang murder, aggravated rape and aggravated torture

She told Mexican digital news outlet La Silla Rota that her 'son was raped inside the same jail' after she spoke to a lawyer for the prosecutor's office, who showed her a video of the jail cell area in which loud screams were heard.

'He told me on the phone that it took place in the patrol car. With the facts that were presented, I understood he was raped several times in the patrol car and the jail. He only did not know how to explain everything to me.'

Following incident, José Eduardo Ravelo reached out to his mother back home seeking her help.

She rushed to her son's side July 24 and found him spitting out blood before she accompanied him to O'Horan General Hospital, where a doctor questioned his version of the events.

The mother recalled the doctor asking her son, 'How is it that the police raped you? Could it be that you are gay?'

Since the family did not have money to cover the expense of the required chest x-rays, the doctor instructed the family to visit they Yucatan State Attorney General's Office where they were told to file a report and see the prosecution's medical staff.

Tests done by a practitioner confirmed that Ravelo had been raped.

A hospital report showed he suffered extensive damage to his kidneys, skull and had blood in his lungs.

Ravelo was hospitalized several days later before dying.

'I never thought I would be taking my son dead,' María Ravelo told La Silla Rota. 

A forensic report ruled his death was a result of 'multiple organ destruction syndrome and multiple trauma.'

Each of the four cops were formally charged Monday with aggravated gang murder, aggravated rape and aggravated torture.

Newspaper Diario de Yucatán reported Monday that two of the agents had been on the police force for 18 years each.