The case of Tupac Lema stirred up existing racial tensions in Otavalo.  The arrest and beating of an Indian for using a word in Quechua that means “police” sparked a chain of events captured  in this excellent video by German Cabascango and Diego Yacelga. 
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  Un Caso Para Pensar, a documentary by “Wambra-Arte”
    Un Caso Para Pensar, a documentary by “Wambra-Arte”