A Latinobarometer 2018 public opinion survey showed that 74.8% of the population identified as Catholic, 15.2% as evangelical Christian, 6.1% were agnostic, 1.2% were Jehovah’s Witnesses and 0.8% were atheists.
Private schools have complete liberty to provide religious instruction, as do parents in the home.
[2] On August 27, 2006, two military officers (Ivan Santi Mucushigua and Cervantes Santamaria Cuji) and a civilian (Lucio Cirilo Dahua) allegedly killed Balti Cadena, a traditional healer (yachak), and injured one of his sons, near the Amazonas Military Fort in Puyo, Pastaza Province.
At the end of the reporting period, the officers were held at the Amazonas Military Fort and had appealed to the Superior Court of Puyo.
Press reports added that at least four traditional healers have been killed in the past 10 years in the same area.