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30.
On October 20, 1998 the State sent exchange rate tables for the dollar of the
United States of America on the Ecuadorian exchange market, issued by the Central
Bank and the Monetary Board of Ecuador, for the years requested by the Court. The
State also submitted copies of several official registers and documents form the
Ecuadorian Department of Work and Human Resources concerning the monthly pay
and annual benefits of domestic workers and drivers during the relevant time period.
31.
The tables submitted by the State have not been contested or challenged, nor
has their authenticity been questioned, therefore the Court accepts them as valid
and orders their incorporation into the body of evidence in the present case.
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32.
On December 22, 1998 the Court required that Mr. Suárez Rosero submit the
certificate of his marriage to Margarita Ramadán Burbano, as well as a copy of the
birth certificate of his daughter, the minor Micaela Suárez Ramadán.
This
requirement was fulfilled on January 14, 1999.
33.
The documents submitted by Mr. Suárez Rosero, which were referred to in
the last paragraph, were required by the Court in the exercise of the authority
conferred on it by Article 44 of its Rules of Procedure, inasmuch as they are helpful
to determine the identity of the beneficiaries of the reparations. Therefore, the
Tribunal orders their inclusion in the body of evidence in the present case.
B) TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE
34.
On June 10, 1998 the Court received that statements of Mr. Suárez Rosero
and of the witnesses in the present case. The Court will now summarize their
relevant points.
a.
Statement of Mr. Rafael Iván Suárez Rosero
Before his arrest he earned S/.700,000.00 (seven hundred thousand sucres)
per month. He took classes for a year at a company called “Special Control
Airport,” for which he paid S/.500,000.00 (five hundred thousand sucres) per
month; his only job had been as an airport security agent. He doesn’t have
specific training to do another job. An appeal that he made against the
conviction in his case is still pending. The bad treatment to which he was
subjected during his incarceration caused him grave psychological and
physical consequences. He has a daughter, born on February 10, 1994, who
was conceived during his imprisonment owing to the health problems of his
wife. His imprisonment resulted in an ulcer that was partially cured thanks to
a treatment that cost the equivalent of US$ 500.00 (five hundred dollars of
the United States of America). He also suffered a ruptured disk and jaw as a
result of a beating given him by the police the day he entered the Barracks of
Quito. As to the jaw, he was given therapy and with respect to the disc they
recommended an operation, which he has not had because of its high cost.
During the entire time of his detention, he felt confused, uncertain, impotent,
and suffered greatly. For the purpose of improving his mental condition he
has attended weekly sessions with a psychologist for the last eleven months.
His wife also suffered greatly during his detention. She dealt with her
pregnancy alone, with the further difficulty of her inability to drive, raised her