Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine
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Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine
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An explosion in Ecuador is seen as gangs asserting power after inmates take hostages and free some
Authorities say criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge in Ecuador after prison inmates took dozens of law enforcement officers hostage less than two days earlier
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Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate's killing
Ecuador's government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison
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