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Protests turned violent in Quito
Posted On 14 Aug 2015
Imagen: El Universo
The national strike called by social organizations took place yesterday in the historic center of Quito, but the protesters turned violent so the police had to intervene.
In the Plaza Chica the first clashes between a group of protesters and police occurred. With sticks, metal fences, rocks and burning tires, some twenty people attacked the policemen. Meanwhile, the police repelled the attack with batons and pepper spray.
The indigenous leader Salvador Quisphe, prefect of Zamora Chinchipe, denounced an aggression. With torn clothes and a blow on his face, the leader told El Universo that he was beating a drum when he was pushed by infiltrators towards a police cordon and while he was held his head was banged against the pavement and was released only after posting his retention on his personal Facebook profile.
ECUARUNARI president Carlos Perez Guartambel was also arrested. The organization had reported around 18:30 he was hit by a tear gas canister.
After 19:00, a group of indigenous broke the police cordon and managed to enter the San Francisco square in the capital, then they broke the second fence, which protects the surrounding areas of the Carondelet Palace. The indigenous seek to reach the government house because they are determined to dialogue with President Rafael Correa.
From 00:00, indigenous of Cotopaxi blocked the passage in the Panamericana Sur way, in El Chasqui area.
Sources:
http://www.elcomercio.com/
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