Ecuador: Further information on Fear for safety / Arbitrary detention / Legal concern

Index Number: AMR 28/003/2001
Date Published: 2 February 2001
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

Antonio Vargas and Luis Villacís Maldonado were released on 1 February after their lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition. The judge in charge of the case ordered their release on the grounds that they had been arrested without a warrant, and not told why they had been detained. .