Ecuadorians stranded in Peru begin to return to the country after the airport opened

BASIN

Ecuadorians stranded at the Teniente Alejandro Velasco Astete international airport in Cusco, Peru, little by little they will return home.

The citizens had not been able to return because the air terminal was closed for security due to the massive demonstrations due to the political crisis that the country is going through.

By telephone, Karina Faicán, from Cuenca, who traveled on vacation and ended up sleeping on cardboard and eating on the airport floor, said that the airport reopened around 11:00 on Thursday the 15th.

With this, some airlines gave priority to passengers to return after what happened.

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The internal trip of Faicán, between Cusco and Lima, was rescheduled for 1:00 p.m. this Friday the 16th. The one from Lima to Quito will be on Saturday the 17th during the early hours. The woman from Cuenca mentioned that this procedure was carried out by the private airline that she hired, but that she knows that this has not happened with other operators that have passengers waiting.

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Peru reported through its Twitter account that the first flight from Cusco to Lima was scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

This news made Esther Pulla, her mother, happy, who in Cuenca suffered from the impotence of not being able to do anything to help her daughter return. Although she knows that the issue is not yet concluded, she is a little calmer because, according to her, she said “it is one more step”.

However, he continued to insist that the national government support those who continue to suffer from not knowing how to return to the country. (YO)