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2) This is a video of the fleet of municipal vehicles being sent in by @CynthiaViteri6 to block the runway & deny landing to the flight from Madrid with 11 crew members on board. Aviation authorities are denouncing the decision to interrupt airport operations as a serious crime.pic.twitter.com/Oc2BuAbIFX

3) The @Iberia flight was unable to land in Guayaquil and had to divert to Quito. The coronavirus outbreak was used to justify the blocking of the runway. This international flight came empty—without passengers—in order to take foreign nationals to their respective countries.pic.twitter.com/Nd2oV2fCbG

4) @Iberia flight flew to Quito to land, approximately 50 minutes away. This crew-only, passenger-less @KLM aircraft from Madrid (video below) was also denied landing and diverted to Quito—posing no threat of COVID-19. Travelers will not be able to leave Ecuador for Europe. pic.twitter.com/N7cGHvWutD

5) Mayor @CynthiaViteri6 cited govt emergency measures as Guayas is the Ecuadorean province with the highest # of coronavirus cases. Way to combat COVID-19. Hundreds of Europeans are now stranded as domestic flights & interprovincial transport are currently totally suspended.pic.twitter.com/SVBZDC0C74

6) Ecuador's Guayaquil Mayor had her people enter an international airport by force in order to send a fleet of vehicles to park down the runway to prevent planes from landing—all in the name of COVID-19 prevention. They made their way in by shoving this security worker.pic.twitter.com/yc55gpqikv