24 In 1997 he received a letter from Beatrice Baruet, informing him of Daniel Tibi’s detention and stating that she needed money. When he talked to her she was desperate, for which reason he contacted friends and relatives to send money to Ecuador. He was able to communicate with the alleged victim in prison, and realized that he was terrified and thought that he was going to die there. Both Mr. Tibi and Beatrice Baruet sent him documents, photographs, and press reports in connection with his case, which he organized for the press and for certain members of the Ecuadorian and French diplomatic corps. When Mr. Tibi returned to France, the witness saw him as a survivor of a concentration camp; before going to prison he was strong, muscular, and healthy, and when he returned he was ill, weak, and tired. The witness deems that Mr. Tibi will never forget or overcome what happened to him in Ecuador, despite his hope of obtaining justice. * * * 74. The representatives filed several appendixes with the final written pleadings and part of the evidence requested to facilitate adjudication of the case (supra para. 40).21 75. The Commission submitted part of the evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case requested by the Secretariat, under instructions by the President (supra para. 41).22 B) TESTIMONY AND EXPERT OPINIONS 76. On July 7 and 8, 2004 the Court heard the statements of witnesses Daniel Tibi, Beatrice Baruet and Juan Montenegro, and of expert witnesses Carlos Martín Beristain, Ana Deutsch and Santiago Argüello Mejía, offered by the Inter-American Commission, the representatives and the State, in turn (supra para. 33). The Court will now summarize the significant parts of said testimony and expert opinions. a) Testimony of Daniel Tibi, alleged victim A French national, he currently lives in Sceaux, France. At the time of the facts he lived in the city of Quito with his family and children, and he had lived there for several years. He had a gem business that was doing well. The family decided to live in Quito because it had “seduced” them. They liked Ecuador. Everything was going perfectly. They were happy. But one day everything changed. The day of the facts his captors, in civilian dress and armed, made him get on a car that was not an official one. To detain him, they told him that it was migration control, but they gave him no document or order of a competent authority. He was not informed of his right to an attorney and to consular assistance. He accepted, in 21 See file with appendixes to the written pleadings of the representative of the alleged victim and his next of kin, appendixes 1 to 7, leaves 1899 to 2063; and file with evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case submitted by the representatives of the alleged victim and his next of kin, single volume, appendixes 1 to 14, leaves 2064 to 2349. 22 See file with evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case submitted by the Inter-American Commission, single volume, leaves 1565 to 1897.