41 Daniel, [a] ‘Frenchman’, as the supplier of cocaine hydrochloride for its retail distribution in the city of Quito,” for which reason he requested an arrest warrant against Daniel Tibi.50 In regards to Daniel Tibi’s detention and various judicial actions 90.10. On September 26, 1995, Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Correa Loachamín, head of the INTERPOL at the Guayas, asked the First Criminal Judge of the Guayas, Ángel Rubio Game, to order Daniel Tibi’s detention.51 90.11. On September 27, 1995, at 16.30 hours, Daniel Tibi was detained in the city of Quito, Ecuador, while he was driving his car between Amazonas and Carrión avenues (Eloy Alfaro).52 He was detained by INTERPOL agents, without a court order53 and based on a single item of evidence that was the statement of a cosuspect.54 Mr. Tibi was committing no crime at the time of his detention.55 When he was arrested, the policemen did not inform him of the charges against him;56 he was told that it was for “migration control.”57 50 See report submitted to the provincial head of INTERPOL of the Guayas on September 26, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 210; and file with appendixes to the brief with arguments and motions, appendix 1, leaf 666). 51 See official letter sent by the head of INTERPOL at the Guayas to the First Criminal Judge of the Guayas on September 26, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 211; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaf 1142). 52 See report submitted to the provincial head of INTERPOL at Pichincha on September 27, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 214; file with appendixes to the brief with arguments and motions, appendix 2, leaf 668; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaf 1292). 53 See arrest warrant against Daniel Tibi issued by the First Criminal Court of the Guayas on September 28, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 212; file with appendixes to the brief with arguments and motions, appendix 3, leaf 670; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaf 1141); and document sent by the Ecuadorian National Police to the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on July 21, 1999 (file with appendixes to the brief with arguments and motions, appendix 9, leaf 689 and 690). 54 See statement rendered by Eduardo Edison García León before the Seventh Criminal Prosecutor of the Guayas on September 23, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 223; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaf 1133); and report submitted to the provincial head of INTERPOL at Pichincha on September 27, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 214; file with appendixes to the brief with arguments and motions, appendix 2, leaf 668; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaf 1292). 55 See report submitted to the provincial head of INTERPOL of the Guayas on September 27, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 214; file with appendixes to the brief with arguments and motions, appendix 1, leaf 668; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaf 1292). 56 See testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004. 57 See statement rendered by Daniel Tibi before the Tenth Criminal Public Prosecutor of the Guayas on September 28, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, volume II, appendix 13, leaf 215; and file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the