E/CN. 4/1989/15 page 11 46. Furthermore, on 11 August 1988, a l e t t e r was s e n t ' t o the Government of Haiti transmitting information alleging t h a t two members of the p o l i t i c a l party of the ex-President, Mr. Leslie Manigat, (Rene Louis and Etienne Philoctete) were arrested on 21 and 23 June 1988, in connection with the m i l i t a r y coup d ' e t a t of June 1988, and subjected to t o r t u r e . 47. F i n a l l y , the Special Rapporteur transmitted a l e t t e r on 7 November 1988 with information alleging that Mrs. Cirius Casseus, Mrs. P i e r r e , and Messrs. Mallet, Pondy and Clemont were arrested by the l o c a l army on 11 October 1988 in Matheux, L'Arcahaie, brought t o the L'Arcahaie m i l i t a r y detachment and subjected to t o r t u r e . 48. By a l e t t e r dated 19 April 1988 the Government of Haiti informed the Special Rapporteur that the a l l e g a t i o n s transmitted on 6 April 1988 were unfounded. In t h a t connection, i t pointed out t h a t the Service de recherche criminelle was not, as indicated, a prison, but a body in charge of the investigation of common crimes connected with the work of the police s e r v i c e s . 49. On 12 September 1988, the Government of Haiti submitted information s t a t i n g that no member of the p o l i t i c a l party of ex-President Manigat had recently been in detention. A copy of the Special Rapporteur's l e t t e r dated 11 August 1988 was submitted t o the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Honduras 50. On 6 April 1988, a l e t t e r was addressed to the Government of Honduras transmitting information alleging t h a t Santos Narciso Sanchez, Concepcion Osorio Orellana, Pascual Valle Melara and Juan Jose Serrano Guillen had been detained on 3 and 5 October 1987 a t the Department of Yoro, where they had been subjected to t o r t u r e . In addition, Margarita Murillo was reportedly arrested by heavily armed men in c i v i l i a n clothes on 6 October 1987 in Santa Ana de Aguan, Department of Yoro. She was allegedly subjected t o t o r t u r e and raped during her detention. 51. On 17 June 1988, another l e t t e r was addressed t o the Government of Honduras transmitting information alleging t h a t Amauri Alejandro Aguilar Contreras, Cesar Antonio Alvarez Calderon, Hector Aquiles Aguilar Contreras, Jaime Francisco Atunez Lobo, J u l i o Nolasco Amador Carranza, Vicente Omar Servellon Silva, Ruben Rivera C a s t i l l o , David Elias Fernandez, Arnulfo Pacheco Arias, Sales Mendoza Avila, Martin Pineda and Nelson Antonio Gonzalez were arrested during incidents a t the United States Embassy on 7 April 1987 and l a t e r accused of terrorism. They were reportedly subjected to i l l - t r e a t m e n t and t o r t u r e during their detention a t the Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones (National Department of Investigation), under the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of an officer whose name was transmitted to the Government. They were currently being held in the detention centre a t Tegucigalpa. 52. In a l e t t e r dated 2 December 1988, the Government of Honduras informed the Special Rapporteur t h a t i t had taken note of the allegations transmitted from 1985 to 1988 by the Special Rapporteur and stated that the information had been submitted to the I n t e r i n s t i t u t i o n a l Commission for Human Rights, for investigation and that the Commission would issue a report upon conclusion of