Said no but when we asked him whether or not they could leave if they wanted to he said no they couldnt and he explained what had happened is that one of their patrol and had been detained and he had gone there with another delegation 8 people in all 11 woman officer and the rest 7 men to try to negotiate with Indigenous Leaders he says theyre trying to do that so far it is peaceful this has who they have not been mistreated in fact they were asked 4 of them to carry the casket of the person whos who was killed one of the protesters and they actually did that we dont know if that was against their will or not as well some ecuadorian journalists have been mistreated theres a lot of anger against the local press because theyre being accused of not covering this situation only on the on the side of the government the government meanwhile says that it will not step down the president rather says he will not step down and he also is not giving any indication that hes willing to back off on