E/CN.4/1995/34 page 35 Alejandro Aguinda Lanza, Demetrio Pianda Machoa, Froilán Cuellar, José Otilio Quinayas, Harold Heberth Paz Pallaguaje, Juan Clímaco Cuellar Pallaguaje, Henry Machoa Pallaguaje, Leonel Aguinda Urapari, Josué Bastidas Hernández and Carlos Enrique Cuellar. The arrests were carried out in an operation against the guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), which had attacked members of the police force and the Ecuadorian army. These persons were taken to the Puerto El Carmen military base and were allegedly beaten severely, suspended by ropes, deprived of food and sleep and subjected to electric shocks and mock executions. Carmen Bolaños was allegedly raped repeatedly. On 27 December they were transferred to the Pichincha Office for the Investigation of Offences in Quito, where the torture was said to have continued. The confessions obtained in this way were filmed and shown on television. Following medical examinations on 4 January 1994, two of the detainees, Juan Clímaco Cuellar and José Otilio Quinayas, reportedly had to be hospitalized. A number of non-governmental human rights organizations are said to have made statements concerning the innocence of the detainees and to have asserted that their only crime consisted in living in the region where the attack by the guerrilla group had occurred. 171. An additional 20 people, including Medardo Urapari Machoa, Reiniero Jurado Pianda, José Notto Díaz and Amparo Jaramillo, were arrested in connection with the aforementioned incidents, tortured and eventually released without being charged. Follow-up to cases transmitted previously 172. William Fausto Andrade, arrested on 6 June 1992 in El Eno, Sucumbios province, was allegedly tortured by the police. In a letter sent on 30 September 1994 the Government provided a police report indicating that it had not been possible to identify who had made the arrest and on what date. In addition, no medical certificate existed which could establish if torture had been inflicted. 173. Víctor Hugo Cadena, arrested on 25 July 1992 in the district of Atalmalpa, Quito, was allegedly tortured by the police. On 9 December 1993 and 30 September 1994 the Government replied that he had been arrested on suspicion of theft but that he was never subjected to torture. 174. Johnny Julio Lara Terán, arrested on 17 July 1992 in Quito, was allegedly tortured by the police. On 9 December 1993 and 30 September 1994 the Government replied that he had been arrested on suspicion of theft but that he was never subjected to torture. 175. Felipe Moreira Chávez died, allegedly as a result of torture, following his detention by the police on 20 August 1992 in Quevedo, province of Los Ríos. On 9 December 1993 the Government stated that he had been arrested on suspicion of bank robbery. He had tried to escape by jumping off the vehicle in which he was being transferred and he fell down a hill. 176. Luis Olmedo Aguilar López died after being arrested by the police on 24 February 1993 in Pintag, near Quito. According to the autopsy report,