Argentine backpacker arrested in Ecuador for violating curfew

A group of policemen stopped a Argentine backpacker when I stood at the door of the hotel Ecuadorwhere he was staying for violating the curfew imposed by President Lenin Moreno. The young German woman told her family what had happened but she was not able to contact him a week ago.

It is about Federico, by Florencio Varelawho was traveling as a backpack for eight months with his girlfriend of German nationality. The girl was an indirect witness of the detention last Thursday at about 10.10 pm in a hotel in Cuenca, south of Quito.

According to other guests, his partner and a group of people were reportedly arrested by police for violating Law 281. Then, They put him in a patrol car, locked him up and left him in secret. Although he could see it "from a distance" to the place where he was transferred, the authorities did not allow them to get in touch.

"From Friday we did not hear from him again, we submitted a habeas corpus but they rejected it," said Andrea, one of Federico 's sisters. TN. Instead, they asked the detainee for information. "They asked us to send them their criminal record, we did it yesterday, but we had no news," he said.

At the same time, the lawyers of the Argentinian consulate in Ecuador explained to the family that "they have to spend ten days to be heard and see what the judge says." "They do not know much either," he says.