translated from Spanish: Indigenous demonstrators detained three policemen in Ecuador

Three Ecuadorian policemen have been held by indigenous demonstrators in the canton of Pujilí, in Cotopaxi province (centre), as part of protests against the economic reform of the Government of Lenín Moreno.Se is about two women and one h who were at the headquarters of pujilí’s Community Police Unit (UPC) when indigenous protesters broke into the site and took them away. They have since been held, according to the local newspaper ‘The Telegraph’.” I confirm policeheld against your will in Pujilí. They are all in Maca Milinpungo,” said Government Minister (Interior), Maria Paula Romo, on her official Twitter account.In addition, the 40 military personnel who were captured on Thursday by indigenous people in Saquisili remain held. On the same day, the Indigenous held ten policemen and 31 journalists at the Quito House of Culture, although they were released ten hours later after an ultimatum by the Government and THE MEDIATION of the UN. The origin of the protests is the economic reform announced by Moreno on October 1, the result of the agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund to get an injection of $4.2 billion for the country. The riots broke out two days later with clashes between police and military and rants, leading Moreno to declare a state of emergency, which originally was supposed to be in force for 60 days but the Constitutional Court reduced it to 30.Moreno has offered dialogue clarifying that it will not recover the fuel subsidy, the most controversial measure of the popularly known as “pacquetazo”. Protesters demand as a requirement to sit at the negotiating table for the government to recover public aid for petrol and diesel, to which they now add other demands including the cancellation of the agreement with the IMF and the cessation of interior ministers and Defense.

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