Ecuador: Further information on human rights in jeopardy and arbitrary detention / torture / cruel and inhuman

Index Number: AMR 28/005/1999
Date Published: 11 February 1999
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

While in Navy custody, Víctor Javier Icaza Olmedo was so severely beaten that after his release he needed surgery. He was detained on 2 February 1999 and accused of having carried out a robbery. The detention was carried out without a judicial order.