How Ecuador became mired in a ‘state of war’ with drug gangs
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What happened to turn a relatively peaceful tourist destination into one of the bloodiest countries in the region?
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What happened to turn a relatively peaceful tourist destination into one of the bloodiest countries in the region?
Full ArticleInmates at a prison complex in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil, from where the leader of one of the country's most notorious..
Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa..
By David H. Ucko and Thomas A. Marks
Organized crime both preys upon and caters to human need. It is corrosive and..