Ecuador: Fear for safety / Extrajudicial Execution/ Torture and Ill-treatment

Index Number: AMR 28/003/2002
Date Published: 1 February 2002
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

On 29 December 2001, David Delgado Galarza and Carlos Lara Silva were arrested by six National Police officers in the Rita Lecumberri Neighbourhood, Guayaquil town, Guayas province. Two days later both young men were found dead. Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of their families and for the witnesses to the arrest, who have been subjected to harassment and intimidation