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Ecuador tackles growing influence of drug cartels

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Marie-Kristin Boese on the Ecuador-Colombia border
October 11, 2024

Drug trafficking is a billion-dollar industry in Ecuador, run by networks of international cartels. They control the region along the border to Colombia, where widespread poverty makes it easy for them to recruit dealers.