dec 23, 1939 - By 1940s, Otavalos selling meat or cloth in Tulcán had begun to cross the border into Colombia to sell textiles. Still, travel was not common in that era.

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Former workers on the Hacienda Pinsaquí testified to the importance
of the Colombian market, ‘‘from whence came many muleteers to haul
textiles’’ (Males : ; my translation). By the s, Otavalos selling
meat or cloth in Tulcán had begun to cross the border into Colombia to 
sell textiles. Still, travel was not common in that era: ‘‘The most enterprising
person in all Peguche, Rosita Lema, had never been across the
valley to Cotacachi’’ (Parsons : ).

Meisch, Lynn A.. Andean Entrepreneurs : Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena, University of
Texas Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uaz/detail.action?docID=3443151.

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