Sixth day of blockade in Guarayos: Desperation among transporters who run out of food and water

Intercultural farmers no longer allow any vehicles to pass. There is desperation among the drivers who are carrying animals without food and water. The line is estimated to be 5 kilometers long. The government has not yet arrived at the site.

Drama in the Santa Cruz province of Guarayos. Without a break for the passage of vehicles, a long line of heavy transport trucks, approximately 5 kilometers long, was left halfway. Stranded, with cargo and animals, without water and food. 

Traffic on the highway that connects Santa Cruz with Trinidad has been closed for six days by a large group of intercultural peasants, settled in two communities - San Antonio del Junte and Cerro Grande - whose main demand is to seek justice for the death of young Franklin Delgadillo and a solution to the land conflict.

Óscar Llave, one of the many truck drivers stranded since Thursday night, told EL DEBER Radio about the hours of anguish and desperation they have had to live in the middle of the highway. 

"We are tired of waiting in these conditions. This situation is going to get out of control, there could be confrontations," he said in a brief interview. 

The line is so long, he continued, that from where he is he cannot see the area where the group of peasants is in the Cerro Grande community. 

Like the rest of those affected, he is asking the Government to take action, to solve the conflict and for the intervention of the Police.

Llave also indicated that since it is harvest time, there are shipments of rice and corn that must reach their destination to be distributed.