Communicator dies during journalistic coverage of mobilizations in Cotopaxi parish

Juan Rojas died of a head injury resulting from the fall from a moving vehicle, the Government said.

The communicator Juan Gonzalo Rojas Allauca, 67, died in an accident while covering the social mobilizations in the Toacaso parish, belonging to Latacunga, in Cotopaxi, the Government of that province reported.

According to the government entity, the journalist died of a head injury resulting from the fall from a moving vehicle in the Toacaso parish, where there was no police or military presence this morning.

The communicator did not show signs of physical aggression, this was verified by co-workers who transferred him to the type C Lasso health center, where he arrived without vital signs.

At the scene, doctors tried to revive him with different maneuvers, but got no response.

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) He expressed his condolences for the death of Rojas, who served as a member of the community media of the Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (TV-MICC).

The Government, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (Confenaie) and Fundamedios also lamented the death of Rojas.

In several provinces of the country this Wednesday 27 the mobilizations of social sectors continue. In the case of Cotopaxi, the Latacunga-La ManĂ¡ road remains blocked, according to information from ECU911. (I)

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