OK - maybe. But for example there was a controversy on our barrio's whatsapp group where somebody said they saw a municipio truck at the Paro with it's ID covered. This would not be a proper use of city equipment. It was denied by someone from the city...but I do feel like for some of the large trucks tracing the vehicle ID would lead to places where it should not.
I also know of one guy who has a big truck for his business. He has his vehicle more or less commandeered - he is forced to drive his truck back and forth to the Paro until he runs out of fuel. That happened in the 2022 Paro. Don't know if it happened to him again in 2025.
RE: Ecuador Paró 2025 - Observations from an expat here.