As you can see from testimonials below, in Ecuador, the victims of robbery don't have rights, however, the thieves are protected.
Testimonial: Peter P. from France source "El Comercio", June 15, 2015.
Peter
P and his spouse were traveling in Argentina, Bolivia and Perú before
arriving to Ecuador, where they were robbed on a bus Quito-Tulcan.
When they realized that they were robbed, Peter immediately informed the bus driver and bus stopped
at a gas station. Peter asked bus driver to see the recording of the bus camera, to
try to determine who was the person who slashed the backpack, but the bus driver said that they could not.
Peter and his spouse decided to return to Quito and denounced the theft in the police and
Prosecutor's Office. In these places they were told that to check the recordings
had to wait three days.
Testimonial: Karolina L. from Quito, posted on Facebook
translation is below the text in Spanish.
El
día de hoy, jueves 8 de Agosto a las 12:30 pm en la Av. Portugal y Av. 6 de
Diciembre, mi madre fue asaltada por dos cobardes, uno en motocicleta y el otro
que sin contemplación se le abalanzo a quitarle el celular, mi madre al poner
resistencia la golpearon derribándola al suelo. Le quitaron el aparato pero
metros más allá los ciudadanos que fueron testigos los detuvieron y los
golpearon. Llamamos a la policía, llegaron después de unos minutos mientras la
multitud quería hacer justicia por cuenta propia.
Crédulamente,
mi madre y nosotros decidimos ir a poner la denuncia, fuimos con temor pero con
las ganas de cumplir con nuestra obligación ciudadana.
Nos
encontramos con un sistema caduco, lento, burócrata en donde se nos obligaba a
quedarnos en concaraciones, exámenes médicos (de los asaltantes por haber sido
golpeados), declaraciones aproximadamente 9 horas.
A
todo esto teníamos a 10 personas (familiares de los ladrones) esperándonos
afuera, quien sabe para que.
Decidimos
no hacer nada.
Increíblemente
teníamos las de perder porque además no prometían que estos pillos se queden en
la cárcel.
Tuvimos
qué salir con resguardo policial!! Nosotras!! Las víctimas. Y dejar las cosas
impunes.
Sólo cuando le pasa a uno es cuando entiende.
IMPUNIDAD, INJUSTICIA, INDIGNACION, IMPOTENCIA... IRÁ...FRUSTRACIÓN.
Los
ciudadanos somos nada frente a esta gente que irónicamente es amparada por las
leyes.
Esto es una denuncia pública pero más que todo
es un agradecimiento a todos los ciudadanos que indignados detuvieron a esta
lacra.
Estos
ciudadanos son los que están cansados de vivir a merced de unos cuantos pillos.
Que decepción.
Seguimos
en manos de gente que no se preocupa por el bienestar de los ciudadanos.
Me
gustaría que el presidente y los asambleístas caminarán por estas calles sin
tanto resguardo policial para que sientan la inseguridad que cualquiera de
nosotros siente todos los días.
Today,
Thursday, August 8 at 12:30 pm in the Av. Portugal y Av. 6 de Diciembre, my mother
was assaulted by two cowards, they were trying to still cellular, my mother put
resistance, they struck her, knocking her to the ground.
We
call the police, they arrived after a few minutes, while the crowd wanted to do
justice by own account.
We
decided to go to file the complaint, we went with fear but with the desire to
fulfill our civic responsibility.
We
find ourselves with an outdated and slow bureaucrat system where we were forced
to stay in cameras, to wait for medical examinations of the assailants for
having being struck, declarations approximately 9 hours.
To
all this we had 10 people (relatives of thieves) waiting for us outside, who
knows what for.
We
decide not to do anything. Incredibly we had to lose because in addition not
promised that these crooks will be in prison.
We
had to leave with police! Us! The victims. And let things go unpunished. Only
when it happens to you, you understand. IMPUNITY, INJUSTICE, INDIGNATION,
OUTRAGE... .. FRUSTRATION
Citizens
are nothing against these people (robbers) who ironically are protected by the
law.
This
is a public complaint but mostly is a thank you to all the citizens who were
outraged during arrest of this scourge.
These
citizens are those who are tired of living at the mercy of a few scoundrels.
What a disappointment.
We
are still in the hands of people who don't care about well-being of the
citizens.
I
wish the President and the Assembly members will walk down these streets
without so much police escorting them so
that they feel the insecurity that we feel every day.
I already posted this episode in here
http://dayinquito.blogspot.com/2015/08/indigenous-march-to-quito-pictures.html
See photo below: the guy who was trying to contaminate food for the indigenous march was protected by the police.
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