Free: a memory exercise about Paúl Rivas, Javier Ortega and Efraín Segarra, journalists from Grupo El Comercio

Abstract

This work investigates the memory of relatives and colleagues of Paúl Rivas, Javier Ortega and Efraín Segarra, journalists from Grupo El Comercio, kidnapped and disappeared on April 11, 2018 by the narco-criminal organization Oliver Sinisterra. This event marked the beginning of violence and the institution of the drug state in Ecuador. The objective of this work is not to let the memory of the journalists die and for this fact to remain unpunished. The methodology of the work is based on creating a dramaturgical text about the case, bringing it to stage under the name: Libres, and then measuring the impact and contribution of the work on family members and colleagues of Paúl, Javier and Efraín, through the interview technique. structured. The result of this work shows that the arts and theater make it possible to look at events in different ways and allow us to strengthen memory and struggle so that events of this type do not remain unpunished or are repeated.