Hundreds of people walked the streets of the city of Tena, the provincial capital, and denounced the illegal extractivist practices in the area.
“The constitution says that the authorities of the Ecuadorian state will consult. So, you don’t have to consult an interested company, but the state as such,” said Marlon Vargas, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
For his part, Lenín Grefa, Coordinator of Peoples and Nationalities of Napo, called for maintaining dialogue and holding assemblies with all the communities, in order to deeply analyze the situation.
In addition to the mobilization, the complaint was formally presented at the offices of the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.
On this point, the legal representative of several of the groups present, Andrés Rojas, stated: “We ask that environmental crimes be investigated.
Both the affectation to the water resources of our province, as well as to the soil, which leaves us without the little productive land destined for agriculture.
The plaintiffs arrived at the institution with banners with phrases such as: “No to the contamination of the rivers” and “Napo for life.”
Other leaders such as Rigoberto Gavilánez, president of Puerto Napo, ratified that there will be a call to an assembly, with all the leaders of the territory.
In this context, Rocío Cerda, president of the indigenous organizations of the province, emphasized in a request for help from the executive, because “the devastation is advancing without measure.”
From the State, Wilfrido Villagómez, governor of Napo, affirmed that there is concern on the part of the government and referred to the promotion of actions such as the installation of a camp with military and police troops in the area, to evict and clean the area and start roundtables work techniques.
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