Indigenous people seize television and radio repeater antennas from the Pilishurco in Ambato. Photo: Courtesy
Modesto Moreta. Editor (I)
at least 800 natives of Often and the Union of Communities of the Northwest of the city of Ambato (Unocan), in Tungurahuaseized the Pilishurco hill where the teams of transmission y repetition of radios.
In the same place there are also TV channels that have their coverage at the level of the provinces of the central Sierra (Tungurahua and Cotopaxi) and nationally this Wednesday, June 29, 2022.
The Electric Company Ambato Limited Company (Eeasa) issued a statement informing that several stations and repeaters of national television channels were left without electricity service due to the fact that dozens of people disconnected the internal electrical installations.
The document detailed that the Eeasa is operating with normalbut before impact of service of telecommunications make the necessary efforts with technical staff to enter the site and restore the electric fluid.
According to another Military Intelligence report, the television, radio and even communications signal of the Armed Forces (FFAA), National Police and Petroecuador work from this station.
This means of communication tried to communicate by telephone with the president of the Indigenous Movement of Tungurahua (WITH), Second Poalasínhowever, the cell phone was turned off.
In addition, it was reported that the radios that broadcast their signal in Modulated frequency (FM) went off the air while Amplitude Modulation (AM) broadcast normally.
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