For the first time, Ecuador is taking legal action against a company for the crime of human trafficking for purposes of labor exploitation: Furukawa Plantaciones C. Sotomayor reflected: “I ask myself: What was the involvement of the public institutions before the beginning of the criminal process? Are they not responsible for guaranteeing the right to integrity of Ecuadorians? Aren’t these institutions the ones that have to guarantee the health of citizens? Aren’t these state institutions the ones that have to provide guarantees to citizens? What happened? What happened to these institutions?”What the judge pointed out is also being brought into question in another trial, in which it is being debated whether or not the State is responsible for these crimes. *None of the names used in this story are real because the legal process is still ongoing