Ecuador: The odyssey of Nelson Castro and the TN team leave the hotel where they had to take refuge

"Will we leave here today?" Asks a member of the team TN in Ecuador. "I do not know what time. We are refugeesreally, "answers the reporter Nelson Castro. To leave the hotel, they had to take many precautions and even hide in the car.

Hours before The correspondent and equipment they were detained for more than two hours at the House of Culture at an indigenous congress amid serious protests against the Lenin Moreno government.

"Nobody leaves here before showing what the natives have to say," said one of the speakers. In the assembly, the protesters they exposed weapons and showed the 8 policemen that they had kidnapped in retaliation for the dead in the crackdown on Wednesday's protests

The team of TN He explained to the protesters that they could not show live what was happening because of a transmission problem and that they were allowed to leave the scene after two hours. The blanket was then continued in a hotel room in front of the House of Culture.

"The day has ended when the natives decided to release the detained police officers," Castro said. TN.com.ar. Together with the troops, "they were released for 27 journalists that they were in the same situation as us in the morning. "

However, when the reporter and the technicians wanted to leave the hotel, they have amazing by a young man who accused them of transmitting "from above". Soon, some 20 protesters insulted the team and blocked their exit. Hotel security officials advised Nelson Castro to return to the room and stay off. So they stayed about an hour and a half.

"We had to go out in the dark, keeping the cameras, almost blocked for a few minutes," Nelson said. He also stressed that in the demonstrations there is a "real risk" and feels a "great aggression, constant against the press".