Hundreds of indigenous protesters enter Ecuador capital Quito

Riot policemen stand in line as Indigenous people coming from other communities arrive to Quito following the protests against Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso's economic and environmental policies, in Quito, Ecuador, June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Alarcon

QUITO (Reuters) - Hundreds of indigenous people entered Ecuador's capital Quito on Sunday, following almost a week of protests against the economic and social policies of President Guillermo Lasso, who has not been able to lift road blocks and violence across the country.

Indigenous protesters arrived in trucks, cars, and on foot amid a state of exception declared by Lasso in three provinces - including that of Quito - in a bit to curb protests that have at times seen violence, with police captured, and attacks on oil industry and flower farms.