Ecuador: Fear for safety/Torture

Index Number: AMR 28/011/2000
Date Published: 22 May 2000
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

The following people: Benjamín Álvarez; Herney Hernández; Marilú Marcillo Rivas; José Humberto Leal Hernández; Rubiela Margoth Díaz Álvarez; and a one-year-old child, allegedly members of an armed group, were detained by the army on 13 May, and at least two have reportedly been tortured during interrogation.