Nineteen-year-old Paulino Levipán and eighteen-year-old Daniel Levinao started a hunger strike on August 27, 2012, along with Rodrigo Montoya Melinao and Eric Montoya Montoya to protest their detention. 
Paulino Levipán mwenye umri wa miaka 19 na Daniel Levinao mwenye umri wa miaka 18 walianzisha mgomo wa kutokula mnamo tarehe 27, wakishirikiana na Rodrigo Montoya Melinao na Eric Montoya Montoya ili kupinga kukamatwa kwao.