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International Business Times
International Business Times

Guayaquil Mayor Blames Ecuador's President As Drug Violence Spirals

Guayaquil Mayor Aquiles Alvarez says those who live in his crime-wracked city in Ecuador are living through a 'collective psychosis' (Credit: AFP)

Car bombings, massacres, extortion, and a security force outgunned by drug gangs: the mayor of Ecuador's most violent city says residents are living through a "collective psychosis" -- and suggests the president's hardline policies bear some of the blame.

Aquiles Alvarez, 41, runs Guayaquil -- a port city of nearly three million people -- while wearing sneakers and an electronic ankle bracelet.

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