Quito, July 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- German Carrero was delivering medical supplies when a bomb detonated and ripped his hand off in 2014. Ever since right-wing protesters set off the bomb during the violent protests that took place in Venezuela last year, he has been determined to spread a message of nonviolence around the world, coming to Ecuador with other victims of violence to present his case.

“We want there to be justice, and that our human rights are respected. We are the real victims. There are 43 dead and 888 injured. People really did pay for this, they lost their children, mothers, brothers, and parts of their body,” said Carrero, a member of the Committee of the Guarimba Victims.

Guarimbas, are the radical right-wing opposition groups who initiated violent protests that killed 43 people in the South American country last year.

The Committee of Guarimba Victims held a private meeting with Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ernesto Samper at the regional body headquarters in Quito. Following the meeting, Samper said that UNASUR is in solidarity with their cause, and that the organization will work to protect democracy in the face of right-wing violence seeking to destabilize elected governments.