23 54(11) On that same April 27, 1997, in hours of the afternoon, officials of the Fight Against Drug-Trafficking checked the vehicle in which Messrs. Alfredo López Álvarez and Luis Ángel Acosta were traveling and found and seized two packages that contained a white powder. They immediately detained them in the parking area of the Puerto Rico Hotel. At the time of the arrest Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez was not informed of his rights as a detainee, nor of the facts he was being charged with. On that day the Officers of the DIC arrested Mr. Sunny Loreto Cubas in the proximity of the Puerto Rico Hotel.32 54(12) When Mr. López Álvarez was detained by the officers of the State he was obliged to lay on the ground and some agents stood on his back. After his arrest, he was taken to the office of the Head of Criminal Investigation, where he was instructed to take off his clothes; once naked, he was submitted to a body inspection carried out by another detainee.33 54(13) On the night of April 27, 1997 Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes found out of the arrest of Alfredo López Álvarez. Since he did not return from the city of Tela, his next of kin and members of the community worried and went out to look for him. He was found in the office of the Head of Criminal Investigation. The alleged victim was not allowed to speak to his partner when she arrived at said office.34 54(14) On April 27, 1997 Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez remained at the Office of Criminal Investigation with the tight handcuffs, which caused his wrists to bleed and swell and he was coerced into confessing to the facts he was being charged with. He did not receive medical attention for the physical mistreatment he was submitted to.35 Regarding the legal process followed against Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez 54(15) On April 28, 1997, within the twenty-four hours following the arrest, Mr. Dennis H. Rodríguez Rodríguez, research officer of the Office of Criminal Investigation, brought “before the [Sectional] Court [of First Instance] Messrs: Luis Ángel Acosta, [Sunny] Loreto Cubas, and Alfredo López, considering them responsible for the Crime of [‘]POSSESSION AND DEALING OF NARCOTIC[S’] in detriment of THE PUBLIC Flores before the Sectional Court of First Instance of January 22, 1999 (dossier of appendixes to the response to the petition, volume II, folios 457 through 459). 32 Cf. accusation presented by the prosecutor of the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Honduras, Mr. José Mario Salgado Montalbán, before the Sectional Judge of First Instance of Tela against Messrs. Alfredo López-Álvarez, Luis Ángel Acosta, and Sunny Loreto Cubas on April 30, 1997 (dossier of appendixes to the response to the petition, volume I, folios 126 and 127). 33 Cf. statement of Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez offered in the public hearing held before the InterAmerican Court on June 28, 2005. 34 Cf. statement of Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez offered in the public hearing held before the InterAmerican Court on June 28, 2005, and statement of Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes offered in the public hearing held before the Inter-American Court on June 28, 2005. 35 Cf. preliminary examination statement offered by Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez before the Sectional Court of First Instance of Tela on April 29, 1997 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 24, folios 848 through 850); statement of Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez offered in the public hearing held before the Inter-American Court on June 28, 2005, and statement of Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes offered in the public hearing held before the Inter-American Court on June 28, 2005.