The family is in a desperate situation, tried to take out a deceased relative’s town in Ecuador with a high prevalence of coronavirus, pretending that he was asleep in the car, according to reports about the incident. As it turned out, the family hoped to bury the deceased in the city, and they wanted to take him to a nearby town for a proper farewell.
Shooting, received the daily newspaper El Comercio, demonstrates how armed soldiers stopped near the blue jeep at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Guayaquil city, so greatly suffering from the pandemic coronavirus that bodies remain on the streets.
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Llevaban a un muerto en el auto y lo hicieron pasar por dormido.
El colapso del sistema y funerario de los cementerios en Guayaquil ocasiona escenas salidas de un guión de película de terror jamás escrito. pic.twitter.com/iQI0ntGLmr
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Military officers repeatedly asked 4 other passengers in the car to Wake the supposedly sleeping man, sandwiched between 2 other in the back seat of the car. But, according to El Comercio, the family just continues to insist that he was only sleeping. The conversation lasted some time, and neither side wants to concede. As reported by another news outlet Mi Diario, one of the relatives of the deceased finally admits: «He just died».
Considering how much damage the city has caused coronavirus COVID-19, first had fears that the 62-year-old man died of illness. But officials told Mi Diario that Pedro Washington Victor Ramirez died of a heart attack triggered by diabetes.
Military sources told El Comercio that the family of the deceased explained that they tried to take the body of Guayaquil, because it was impossible to bury a man taking into account deaths due to pandemic coronavirus and many people were forced to leave the deceased in makeshift coffins made of cardboard.
Power, in the end, allowed the family – the son of Ramirez, daughter and 2 other relatives to go to the next Cereseto to bury him, according to news outlets.
