Adepa repudiated that Nelson Castro and the TN team were detained against their will in Ecuador

The Association of Argentinean Journalistic Entities (Adepa) expressed concern about the episode that the TN while covering an assembly of indigenous organizations at the House of Culture in Quito, Ecuador. The journalists were two hours held against his will on the order of a leader who asked "to convey what he wanted".

"We repudiate the retention suffered by the team of All news while covering an assembly of indigenous organizations in Quito. Before the eventual arrival of the police, one of the leaders ordered the press not to leave the premises, "announced Adepa on his Twitter account. Argentine journalists were detained for two hours against his will, "he added.

During a protest at the Capital's Cultural House, protesters on Thursday exposed the eight abducted agents (seven men and one woman) and were urged to communicate with their superiors on the radio to stop repressing the events. against the economic reform announced by the President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno. In addition, indigenous leaders warned that if security forces entered the facilities with tear gas, they would not be responsible for what might happen to the troops.

"They kidnapped cops because they understand that they are the ones who caused the attacks in the demonstrations and in some cases the death of four of the indigenous peoples killed during the demonstrations ", explained Nelson Castro in an interview with TN Central. Regarding the situation of the journalists, they said that they were "taken hostage" because they were required to describe in detail the progress of the assembly.

After two hours, The correspondent and his team managed to leave the amphitheater where the congress was held because they had explained to protesters that they could not broadcast live due to a transmission problem. "We were not scared. we had the notion that we were at risk. It was a situation of enormous tension, "he said.

The secretary general of the presidency, José Augusto Briones, confirmed in a video published by the government that there was in total 27 journalists from different media who are still being held in the assembly. Aboriginal leaders warned that if they did not offer their living assembly, they would face "ancestral justice".