Latacunga
On the afternoon of this Thursday, after learning about the cremation of two foreigners accused of attempting the life of a resident of the Toacazo parish, Latacunga, leaders of the Cotopaxi Indigenous and Campesino Movement (MICC) and the Union of Organizations Rural women from North Cotopaxi (Unocanc) met to analyze this case.
According to preliminary versions, this Thursday, three subjects made an attempt on the life of a person in front of the fuel station in Toacazo, but at the time of firing the weapon jammed and they could not commit the crime.
Before the media, the president of Unocanc, Ramiro Guamaní, assured that they were not at the place where the act was committed, that he was in Latacunga and that for that reason he does not know anything about what happened, but that estimates that the population acted because of the situation of “insecurity” with which they live.
Álex Toapanta, president of the MICC, assured that the organizations had nothing to do with the event and that they reject some assertions that try to make believe that an indigenous justice procedure has been applied, violating the lives of two foreigners.
He insisted that in the province of Cotopaxi and the country there is a high level of insecurity and that it is the responsibility of the national government to create public policies to prevent this issue.
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He added that as an indigenous movement it has propped itself up and tried to sustain security with the application of indigenous justice. Last year, over 256 cases were known in the seven cantons and 33 parishes.
It indicated that in these cases due process was followed for the application of indigenous justice, in accordance with the Constitution, international treaties and the Organic Code of the Judiciary, that is, it has been upheld as “a constitutional guarantee, without violating no type of right, as is life”.
Toapanta invited the recently inaugurated governor of Cotopaxi, Tania Vásquez, as well as the Prosecutor’s Office, to adopt investigative measures to determine what happened in the Toacazo parish.
Similarly, the leader called on the population to prevent this type of action from being repeated and asked to join the great fight for the security of Cotopaxi, but always respecting human rights.
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own decisions
For his part, Colonel Geovanny Maldonado, chief of the National Police district in Cotopaxi, indicated that this Thursday, around 09:00, police personnel moved to the Toacazo parish and that a crowd of approximately 350 community members was observed. who had said that they do not need the presence of the uniformed and that the detainees were going to be transferred to Planchaloma to make their own decisions.
He explained that the police personnel could not enter the community to verify the status of the detainees because the road was blocked by vehicles.
After a sweep of the area, they found a suitcase, presumably belonging to the two people being held. In this bag, an Argentine-made 32-caliber firearm was found, three ammunition with the legend “super wrapped” in red adhesive tape, one 32-caliber ammunition, and a mobile terminal.
He reported that, around 1:30 p.m., residents told them about the situation of two people who were beaten and burned in the square near the Planchaloma educational unit, so that after they were allowed to enter the community, they He was able to advance with personnel in order to verify what was reported.
Maldonado said that at the site two citizens were observed lying on the floor, partially covered with jute sacks, with signs of having been cremated, for which reason they coordinated with the specialized units to remove the bodies with the prosecutor on duty.
He assured that they are not aware that another person is being held, but that investigations and inquiries continue to be carried out to determine exactly the circumstances that led to the retention of the other two individuals by the community and the reasons that led to the absence. outcome.
The officer assured that no person in the community wanted to give them information about what had happened, but that they will continue with the investigations. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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