El azúcar se tiñó de sangre. Análisis del papel del Estado en la masacre del 18 de octubre de 1977, en el ingenio azucarero Aztra de La Troncal

Abstract

The massacre of Aztra, name by which a repressive event is known by the military dictatorship of Ecuador in the 70s. This occurred by the strike that broke out on October 18, 1977, at the facilities of Azucarero Aztra sugar mill. Of the Trunk. Because it was requested, the fulfillment of the III Collective Contract signed between the company and the workers. Where the police proceeded to forcibly evict the mutineers inside the facilities of the Ingenio. What left as balance 24 people dead and several disappeared. This investigation consists in the critical analysis of news of newspapers, magazines and interviews to the people who were in the massacre, trying to understand what were the motivations that the workers had, the role of the State and the consequences that occurred of this fatal event.