How the idyllic Galapagos Islands became staging post in world drug trade

Charles Darwin once described Isabela as "the most desolate of the Galápagos Islands". Now, more than 100,000 tourists visit the white sandy beaches of this "almost extraterrestrial outpost" every year, said The Washington Post, with the crowds attracted by "the giant tortoises and marine iguanas…

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