Ecuador: Fear for safety, Luis Villacís Maldonado

Index Number: AMR 28/022/2001
Date Published: 6 September 2001
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

Three teargas bombs were thrown into the house of community leader Luis Villacís Maldonado on the night of 1 September, after he announced that he was organising an anti-government demonstration. He was at home with his family at the time, and Amnesty International believes they are all in grave danger.