12 communicate with an attorney. During that time, his only contact with his relatives was limited to the exchange of clothes and scribbled notes, which were censored by the security staff. This exchange was made possible through "pasadores", civilians with the means to deliver such things to prisoners (police report of the Special Investigations Unit of July 7, 1994; testimonies of Rafael Iván Suárez-Rosero, Margarita de Suárez, and Carmen Aguirre); h. from July 28, 1992, onwards Mr. Suárez Rosero was allowed to receive his family, lawyer and members of human rights organizations on his days of visitors. The interviews with his lawyer were conducted in the presence of police officers (testimonies of Rafael Suárez Rosero, Margarita Ramadán de Suárez and Carlos Ramadán); i. on August 12, 1992, the Third Criminal Court of Pichincha issued an order of preventive detention against Mr. Suárez-Rosero (constitutional warrant of imprisonment Number 125 of August 12, 1992); j. on September 3, 1992, the Third Criminal Court of Pichincha declined to try the case against Mr. Suárez-Rosero and the other persons detained in Operation "Ciclón," inasmuch of one of the accused in that case was promoted to the rank of Infantry Major, and transferred the file to the Superior Court of Justice of Quito (order of the Third Criminal Court of Pichincha issued at 3:00 p.m. on September 3, 1992); k.. on two occasions, on September 14, 1992, and January 21, 1993, Mr. Suárez-Rosero requested that the order authorizing his preventive detention be revoked (written statement of Rafael Iván Suárez-Rosero of September 14, 1992, and written statement of Rafael Iván Suárez-Rosero of January 21, 1993); l. on November 27, 1992, the President of the Superior Court of Justice of Quito ordered the initiation of the first phase of the pre-trial proceedings. In that order, Mr. Suárez-Rosero was charged with transporting drugs for the purpose of destroying them and hiding the evidence (initiating order of November 27, 1992); m. on December 9, 1992, the President of the Superior Court of Justice of Quito ordered investigative proceedings to be instituted in connection with the case; these were held between December 29, 1992, and January 13, 1993 (statements by Marcelo Simbana, Carlos Ximénez, Rolando Vásquez-Guerrero, Lourdes Mena, Luz María Feria, and José Raúl Páez; judicial record of September 31, 1992; expert report of December 31, 1992; judicial record of January 4, 1993; judicial record of January 5, 1993; expert report of January 8, 1993, and expert report of January 13, 1993); n. on March 29, 1993, Mr. Suárez-Rosero filed a writ of habeas corpus with the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Ecuador, under the provisions of Article 458 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings of Ecuador (communication from Rafael Iván Suárez-Rosero of March 29, 1993); o. on August 25, 1993, the President of the Superior Court of Justice of Quito requested the Public Prosecutor of Pichincha to render his opinion on Mr. SuárezRosero's request to have his detention order revoked (order, subparagraph m., of the President of the Superior Court of Justice of Quito of 11.00 a.m. on August 25, 1993);