We, the workers of Industrial Molinera, C.A. showed up at midnight on Thursday July 3rd, to work. We expected the internal revenue service authorities to appear in order to dismantle the closure seals after 10 days had gone by since our company was illegally shut down. Those Internal Revenue Service authorities never arrived.

The damage perpetrated by the authorities is inmense. The workers were unable to work, and ecuadorians were left without flour, which in turn, increased prices.

The internal revenue service will, consequently, be unable to collect IVA taxes, and taxation at the source, since during the closure time lapse, the company is incapable of conducting any activity at all, the workers are not allowed to work, produce, deliver flour or show proof of our taxation point of view to the proper authorities and tribunals.

The people of Ecuador are the main losers. Enough of political persecution. The only ones who stand to lose are the workers, the state and the people of Ecuador.

Kindly,

Gustavo Negrete Ugalde
General Manager