The athlete’s mother, grandmother and children depended financially on the Ecuadorian runner and their absence is sought to alleviate somewhat.
After the murder of the Esmeralda athlete Alex Quinonez, the Minister of Sport, Sebastian Palacios, moved to Esmeraldas to accompany the fastest runner in Ecuador at his wake.
On the court of Folke Anderson Stadium, where the burning chapel had been erected, family, friends and people who had come to accompany the sprinter rebuked Palacios and asked him to speak; One of the relatives even asked that the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE) apologizes for sanctioning the athlete.
Palacios, according to video shots that were postedHe did not speak publicly but he did so before the press: he stressed that they are not going to abandon the family.
After this episode, EL UNIVERSO newspaper He consulted Minister Palacios about the actions they will take in order not to abandon the family, which depended financially on the broker.
Through Carolina Vilches, Communication Director of the Ministry of SportsIt is said that the Emerald-born athlete received as an incentive, in the almost six years that he was part of the High Performance Project, the amount of $ 157,860.
On the steps they will take to support the family of Alex Quinonez, he notes: “We have coordinated all the inter-institutional governmental support for his family in what the norm allows, managing the coffin, funeral vehicle, bus to mobilize the family, burning chapel, psychological containment and managing everything with the insurance companies ”.
He stated that “on July 26, 2021, Álex (Quiñónez) was sanctioned by the CAS and a one-year suspension for non-compliance with tests anti-doping. The High Performance project in its regulations establishes among the reasons for exclusion ‘anti-doping rule violations’”.
He notes that, “however, the Ministry of Sports channeled through the Ecuadorian Athletics Federation (FEA) the continuity in the preparation of Álex (Quiñónez) with resources and the validity of the health, life and accident insurance was maintained, since that his departure from the project was due to lack of location, but not due to a sanction from an adverse analyst. Additionally, compliance with what was determined by the High Performance Executive Committee regarding medical and psychological support ”.
It was known that the sports incentive items could not be maintained for Álex Quiñónez, because then the General Contralory of the State was going to determine glosses to those involved.
Consulted the Ecuadorian Athletics Federation on the actions taken, there was no official response.
However, Diario EL UNIVERSO learned that there is a life insurance contracted by the FEC that is in force until the end of 2021 and its application is being sought for violent death. (D)
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