Global InformationAztra massacre information
The Aztra massacre was a massacre of workers perpetrated by the National Police of Ecuador on October 18, 1977, at the Aztra ingenio, located in the La Troncal Canton, Cañar Province. The massacre left more than a hundred workers killed,[1] mostly indigenous,[2] and occurred after the ingenio workers started a strike to demand better wages.[3]
Those responsible for the massacre were never tried and the events went unpunished.[2]
The massacre was the main motivator for the creation of the Ecumenical Commission for Human Rights.[4] The events surrounding it were also brought to the theater in 2016 in the play Tazas rosas de té, written by the Ecuadorian playwright Gabriela Ponce Padilla as a way of rescuing the memory of the victims of the massacre.[5]
- ^ "Aztra: 40 años de una matanza de Estado". La Hora (in Spanish). 2017-10-18. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ a b "La matanza de Aztra". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2014-10-17. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "El Trolcal evocó masacre de Aztra". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2017-10-19. Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "'Los DD.HH están por encima de las ideologías'". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "'Tazas rosas de té' rescata del olvido a los muertos de la masacre de Aztra". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2016-10-28. Archived from the original on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2021-08-03.