Ecuador: Information on the Missionary Sisters in Gualaceo and on the possible political motives for two killings in the area (follow-up to ECU18233.E of 1 September 1994)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ECU18615.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ecuador: Information on the Missionary Sisters in Gualaceo and on the possible political motives for two killings in the area (follow-up to ECU18233.E of 1 September 1994), 1 September 1994, ECU18615.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abb374.html [accessed 23 October 2022] |
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The following is an unofficial DIRB translation of a fax provided by the Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Azuay in Cuenca, Ecuador (28 Sept. 1994). The Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Azuay is affiliated to the Ecuadorean Human Rights Front (FEDHU), the umbrella organization for most human rights organizations in Ecuador. Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
The missionary sisters of San Francisco de Sales (hermanas Misioneras de San Francisco de Sales, in the Spanish text) work in Gualaceo. They conduct church-related and social work.
According to the reverend priest Fernando Vega, Alejandro Orellana and Rosita Guillén were apparently killed by common criminals, and their deaths are not related to political or social situations. A journalist named Ordoñez went to the United States to work; his trip is not regarded as an escape or a search for political asylum (sin que se registre la posibilidad de considerar su viaje como huida del país o en calidad de refugiado político, in the original text).
The area of Gualaceo, although poor, does not present an alarming social conflict. The land conflicts have not provoked any major mobilization or social confrontation (enfrentamiento social).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Azuay, Cuenca. 28 September 1994. Fax received by DIRB.
