State of roads in Ecuador during the mobilization day of this October 26

A day of demonstrations is registered this Tuesday, October 26 in several provinces of the Ecuadorian territory.

Until 10:00, the Guayas roads remained enabled. The governor of Guayas, Pablo Arosemena, stressed that operations with special attention had been deployed in Santa Lucía, Petrillo, Limonal and the T de Daule. In the last area there were attempts to block the road, for which a group of people were arrested. There were six apprehended until 09:00.

Social organizations will raise their sheets of demands in the day of national protest

Coastal zone

In Guayas, 765 police officers, 300 soldiers, 2,345 servers of the Ecuadorian Transit Commission and 346 control units were mobilized in the different road axes.

In the province of Manabí, until 09:00, no news was reported regarding mobilizations that affect vehicular circulation. Meanwhile, in El Oro and Los Ríos mobilizations were announced for the afternoon of this Tuesday 26.

About 50 farmers participated in the peaceful sit-in that took place this Tuesday afternoon in Babahoyo.

The protesters were located outside the Prosecutor’s Office in the capital of Rio de Janeiro to demand the return of various work teams that were confiscated when they tried to block a path in previous protests. Later, the group mobilized to the exterior of the Los Ríos Government.

On the outskirts of the headquarters, the protesters asked the governor of Los Ríos, Génesis Blum, to explain to them why there are not enough controls in the pills and collection centers to regulate the price of the quintal and the extraction of rice,

The official said she would attend a commission made up of five people. That was not accepted by the group. “The farmer is the one who is suffering the most this season,” said Samuel Caicedo, a farmer from Babahoyo.

Until after 5:00 p.m., the protesters continued outside the Gobernacion.

Ecuadorian highlands

Meanwhile, in the Sierra, the road that leads from Cuenca to Loja It was blocked by protesters who were located in the La Ramada area, in the Nabón canton. According to data from the CTE, that road was partially enabled hours later.

After 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday 26, the Loja – Cuenca road, near Saraguro, was blocked by protesters.

Another demonstration took place on the Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje route, in the El Ramal sector, at the entrance to the Azuayo canton of Santa Isabel.

In Cuenca, according to information from the Chamber of Transportation, it was decided to carry out a progressive rationing of the circulation of the 475 urban buses as of this Tuesday 25, from 06:00 to 09:00. A leader explained that they request attention from the authorities on the cost of urban service tickets, an aspect that corresponds to the Council, and also the revision of the rise in the price of a gallon of diesel.

Likewise, with stones and vehicles they interrupted the passage in a section of the Pujilí-La Maná highway, in Cotopaxi.

In Tungurahua, members of the National Police also advanced to the community Yatzaputzan, from the parish of Ambate Pilahuín, at km 31 of the road that leads to Guaranda, to verify the blocking of the road with mounds of earth and the presence of around 80 community members. A police team was located in the place to dialogue with the leaders of the sector in order to allow the vehicular passage. Another blockade was reported at kilometer 24 of that road, in the Tamboloma sector, due to the overflow of an irrigation canal due to the severe storm.

Protesters blocked the Santo Domingo-Buena Fe-Quevedo highway, at km 8, the CTE said. After several minutes, said highway was enabled.

In the north of the country

At the entrance to Peguche, in the Otavalo canton, in Imbabura, the Pan-American highway E-35 was closed with stones and lit tires to vehicular traffic by community members of the sector, forming on both sides of the road long lines of vehicles that were trapped for the protest.

The Yaguachi Mechanized Cavalry Group, from Ibarra, carried out operations in this artery trying to clear the highway with the support of the National Police, in compliance with Executive Decree 224, said Sammer Pulles, commander of this military fort.

With fire extinguishers they tried to turn off the tires to remove obstacles and enable the passage of vehicles coming from the provinces of Carchi or Pichincha.

While on the interprovincial boundary between Imbabura and Pichincha, Cajas sector, the road is blocked by indigenous communities in the area, police and military are in the sector, where they maintain a prudent distance with the protesters to avoid confrontations.

The Public Mobility Company of the North reports that Cayambe is under siege, the roads to Yaznán Park, entrance to the Ascázubi parish, Pingulmí, Pambamarquito, Otón parish, Bola de Guachalá, Río Granobles, Café Cayambe, Río Blanco, Río Puluvi are closed. and San Francisco de Cajas.

The Tulcán and Ibarra land terminals stopped dispatching buses from the early hours of this Tuesday to preserve the integrity of the crew, occupants and transport units.

Fernando Villarroel, administrator of the Tulcán mobility center, pointed out that only six buses have left since Monday night and announced that once everything returns to normal, the more than 135 daily frequencies that leave from this border city will be dispatched.

Armando Chulde, president of the Union of Interprovincial Transport Cooperatives, confirmed that the board decided in the last hours not to operate until there are guarantees to circulate on the roads.

In the afternoon, union, social and municipal organizations announce marches in the cities of Ibarra and Tulcán, after the end of the day’s work, said Juan Rosero, leader of the FUT and the Union of Municipal Workers of Montúfar.

It transpired that soldiers from the Galo Molina Major Infantry Battalion carry out surveillance and control at the Tulcán power plant and the Chico River drinking water plant that supplies the capital of Carchi.

Amazon

In the Amazon region, closures were reported in Sucumbíos, Pastaza and Morona Santiago. One of the closures was evidenced at two points on the Macas-Puyo road, in the area of ​​the Y de Santa Ana and Pitirishca. At the first point the way was opened at 11:00.

There were also reports of partial blockades in the Taracoa sectors, Cuyabeno canton, and Yamanunka, Shushufindi canton, in Sucumbíos.

In the territory of the Fenash-P Federation of the Shuar Nationality of Pastaza, the claims began with the closure of roads in the Amazon trunk in the early hours of this Tuesday.

Roads with blockades due to mobilizations

• Via Otavalo-El Cajas (La Magdalena sector)
• Via Guaranda-Babahoyo
• Via E35 entrance to Latacunga
• Via Latacunga-La Maná (Cotopaxi)
• Via Cuenca-Loja, in Nabón (partially enabled)
• Via Cuenca-Cumbe (kilometers 1 and 11)
• Via Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje (E-59), in the Santa Isabel canton (Azuay)
• Via Puyo-Macas.
• Vía Loja – Cuenca, in Saraguro. (I)