Relatives and citizens of the indigenous community came together outside the Durán judicial complex to demand justice for the crime of Roberto Carlos Yumailla, head of a headquarters that has a savings and credit cooperative in Durán.
At that site, at noon and afternoon on Saturday the 7th, the hearing to formulate charges was held against seven detainees for the murder that occurred while Yumailla was driving his vehicle on Nicolás Lapentti avenue in the Durán canton.
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After the diligence, a flagrante delicto judge determined that the apprehended continue in pretrial detention for thirty days that the prosecutor’s investigation for the crime of murder will remain open.
In the area outside the judicial unit, representatives of the indigenous community shouted to ask for progress in the investigation and the corresponding sentences for those involved.
There, accompanied by the victim’s coffin, they also lamented the crime rates and the cases of extortion that some suffer in their businesses.
Several lawyers joined the defense of the victim’s family to appear at this proceeding. “We are going to be vigilant on behalf of the indigenous society, we are going to be verifying the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office and the procedural parties…”, warned Jaime Morocho, one of the legal representatives.
Sergio Tayupanda, another lawyer who joined the defense, asked that the colleagues from the indigenous community come together to follow up on the case and that the authorities carry out public policies that are efficient to mitigate crime rates.
“They must take into account these issues that are getting out of the hands of the Ecuadorian State, it has to adjust the issues so that harmony can exist in the city,” he told the media outside the judicial unit.
He stated that they will request a maximum penalty for those responsible, depending on the degree of authors and co-authors that are determined among those involved.
Article 140 of the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP) establishes penalties that can range from 22 to 26 years, although more time can be added in case of aggravating circumstances.
“The indigenous people will be aware that this death does not go unpunished,” said some of the citizens gathered at the courthouse.
Communicators from indigenous digital media shared part of the acts carried out at the wake of the victim in another place in Durán, last Friday night. There, there were traditional songs and messages of remembrance of Yumailla.
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At the wake, which continues this Saturday in Durán, community members approached the coffin where Yumailla’s body rested, who was dressed in a red sweater from the savings cooperative.
In turn, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) demanded an exhaustive investigation and prompt action by the judicial system. “The State cannot continue to be indifferent to so much pain and suffering,” the letter indicated. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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