He is my uncle Raul Tasiguano, his life was influenced by the work of the Brethren missionaries in Llano Grande, a village of poor indigenous peasants.
From high school he majored as an agricultural practical bachelor in 1970. He worked for the mission as a promotor for better agricultural practices in Llano Grande.
He became aware that the bus drivers from the mestizo town near to our village were exploiting and committing acts of racism against our indigenous brothers from the community. He decided to do something about this challenge.
Together with a group of youngsters from Llano Grande he formed a society called Apollo United, in honor to the recently landing of the man on the surface of the moon. they decided to conform a transportation service for Llano Grande in buses owned by indigenous locals.
Immediately, they suffered the attack from the mestizo bus service in collusion with the transit policemen. So Apollo Unido decided to call a strike from Llano Grande in Quito City. As a result of their pacific fight they acquired legal permission to operate, and the mestizo buses were expelled from Llano Grande.
Regrettably, the retaliation from the Calderon bus drivers was fatal. In march 28th, 1971, he was killed during an aggression he and some other leaders suffered when transiting by a mestizo bus drivers enclave in Llano Grande. for the police records that incident was only another traffic accident.
Thanks to his sacrifice, Llano Grande got independent from mestizo transportation buses and enjoyed from a very respectful service from fellow local drivers.
The commitment of Raul Tasiguano who gave his own life for his hometown compeles me to keep alive his memory and follow his legate.
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