Long considered a haven of peace in Latin America, Ecuador today is facing an unprecedented wave of violence. Prison riots, hostage-taking on live television and homicides by the thousands: the country is now in a ‘state of war’ against the narcos.
The country is at the heart of international cocaine trafficking. To cope with the cartels’ stranglehold, the 36-year-old President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of emergency. We obtained exceptional authorization to follow the extraordinary operations of the police and army. Today, the entire state is mobilized to restore calm and order. But will this be enough?
In Guayaquil, the country’s economic capital and largest port, the entire city is under cartel control. Amid containers full of bananas, we followed the army’s operations to track down the cocaine. The battle is also being waged in the prisons, which have been held by the Narcos for years. Our journalists were able to enter the high-security section of the Guayaquil prison. It was from here that Fito, leader of the “Chonerosâ€, the country’s most powerful gang, escaped.
In this all-out war against the Narcos, politicians and judges are on the front line. Luis Chonillo, the mayor of Guayaquil, has survived nine attacks. He is now permanently escorted by some twenty armed men, and his family has taken refuge in the United States. In spite of this, he refuses to abandon the inhabitants of his commune to corruption and gangs. Heidy Borja, a young magistrate, also faces threats and a lack of resources. At the Guayaquil court, she courageously leads her fight against organized crime.
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the war on drugs is lost. i wish governments would just surrender and sell it in pharmacys for everyone
Every country is good until cocaine comes in the picture. Comes green corruption death. Sucks
Strategic location to export their bads.
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The new plugs!!!!!!!???????$$$$$$$
look at this documentary is depressing… Ecuador patroits are fighting a losing war… unless US and allies help them with weapons and fundings…
The judge is fine as hell
Reminds me of Honduras back in the 2010s crazy
I'm not going to say de nada essays but bring my husband Juan Manuel Duran Flores..he's dead
They inherited a lot of money and power just by being friends with El Chapo 🢠we admire Mexicans and respect them to the max they made are people kings in our land and I’m from Ecuador 🇪🇨
You can thank the US for the narcos scandal which created the "war on drugs" during the Nixon era. The Panama deal during the Reagan era. The allowing and creation of kingpins like Freeway Rick Ross then the denonizing and incarceration of them. And the demand from the US, UK and Europe. Do your research on everything I just gifted you. The c@rtels are so diversified now, drugs arent even their main source of income. This will never ever stop
Worst than Mexico !
Cruise ships next
Just words political corruption is the main problem from the President to the janitor that is how gangs thrive in Ecuador
They found machine guns in the prison 😂😅 and the.guards looking all stupid kidnapped
I haven't found anything online how the cartel does affect deforestation. Do they just let it happen, protection money etc?
If they wanted to end the trafficking of drugs on boats they would have just brought dogs to sniff out the drugs like they do at airports.
Makes the UK look like Barbados would be horrendous to live there great content 😮
Save your Country!
Go President Bukela
Dude they raided a drug rehab. In Mexico they have similar rehabs where they “kidnap†a person but it’s because the person is out of control and their family asks for them to be forced into a rehab. These cops all work for the cartels and won’t go after them. Ridiculous. Your reporting on it is terrible as well.
Govts of the world, are the true cartels!!!