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and at the Penitenciaría del Litoral. Daniel Tibi mentioned that his wife
traveled 74 times from Quito to Guayaquil, and that she was
accompanied several times by one of her daughters. In each case, Mrs.
Baruet stayed about three days at the prison. The approximate cost of
each trip (including the days that she stayed there) was US$100.00
(one hundred United States dollars), which adds up to US$7,400.00
(seven thousand four hundred United States dollars);
ii.
those involved in the trip made by the minor Sarah Vachon to
France in October 1995, due to the serious financial and family
situation of the household. The approximate cost of the airfare was
US$1,500.00 (one thousand five hundred United States dollars);
iii.
those incurred for Daniel Tibi’s survival in the prison, including
food, clothes, cleaning implements and phone calls from and to the
prison, adding up to approximately US$3,000.00 (three thousand
United States dollars);
iii.
those incurred for Mr. Tibi’s 150 psychotherapy sessions, each
one costing three hundred francs, equivalent to US$47.61 (forty-seven
United States dollars and sixty-one cents), adding up to US$7,141.00
(seven thousand one hundred and forty-one United States dollars);
iv.
those incurred for the special food that the victim required,
treatment for his hearing, eyesight and respiratory problems, as well as
physical treatments, in regards to which they asked the Court to set the
respective amount in fairness;
v.
those incurred for reparation of Mr. Tibi’s teeth and purchase of
dental prosthetics (8 implants in the upper maxillary, 8 implants in the
jawbone, and 4 ceramic teeth), estimated at US$45,397.00 (forty-five
thousand three hundred and ninety-seven United States dollars);
vi.
those pertaining to the goods and securities that were seized
by the police from Mr. Tibi at the time of his detention (the list made
by the police specifies 84 such belongings), adding up to
US$135,000.00 (one hundred and thirty-five thousand United States
dollars), based on commercial appraisal of the gems and other objects
seized. The appraisal included the victim’s Volvo vehicle;
vii.
those pertaining to the debit and credit cards that were seized
and illegally used while Mr. Tibi was detained. His account in a French
bank was “emptied,” he lost US$6,000.00 (six thousand United States
dollars) from the savings account, and US$4.857,00 (four thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven United States dollars) were charged to
his credit card; and
viii.
those regarding detriment to the family’s assets to cover Mr.
Tibi’s defense, as he and Beatrice Baruet had to make enormous
efforts and invest a great amount of money that they requested even
from relatives and friends of the couple. The comfortable situation
that the family had before the detention disappeared; the situation
was so extreme that Mrs. Baruet sent Daniel Tibi all the money left
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