The Cuenca council pointed out that it did not issue any authorization to carry out this event and announced that it would punish those responsible.
The presence of youtubers caused an agglomeration of people in a Cuenca shopping center, and the episode captured in videos broadcast on social networks generated public criticism and the announcement of sanctions by the municipality of the capital of Azuay.
Through a press release, the mayor’s office reported that the agglomeration occurred in the Mall del Río food court due to the presence of influencers from the social network TikTok. The Cuenca council pointed out that it did not issue any authorization to hold this event.
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Through the monitoring rooms of the Citizen Security Council and the Risk Management Directorate, the situation was verified and coordinated with Municipal Control and Citizen Guard so that their personnel could go to the place, indicated the Cuenca council.
“The Risk Management Directorate contacted the Mall del Río administration to request control of the situation, because despite the fact that they indicated that the event was not organized by said shopping center, their co-responsibility was clarified to them,” the statement said. broadcast by local media in Cuenca.
With the support of the National Police, the gradual eviction of the agglomerated people was carried out, added the Municipality, and remarked: “An investigation will be carried out to punish those responsible.”
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This episode occurs at a time when there is a sustained increase in COVID-19 infections in the national territory and government authorities have arranged various measures to slow down the speed of the virus’s transmissibility, whose omicron variant is already circulating at the community level. .
One of these measures has been the suspension of face-to-face classes during the week of January 10 to 14, in the public system, and that public institutions take advantage of teleworking. (I)
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