Ecuador crime wave triggers state of emergency

BBC News ^ | October 19, 2021

[dfwgator]

Ecuador is a transit country for cocaine smuggled from neighbouring Peru and Colombia and much of the crime wave is thought to be drug-related.

… It's propping up the governments in Colombia and Peru
You ask any D.E.A. man, he'll say, "There's nothin' we can do"

[dfwgator]

hope this President, Guillermo Lasso, has the best personal protection available...

Ted's Brother?

[Oshkalaboomboom]

To be fair the coast and Cuenca aren’t high crime areas and it’s highly unlikely any retirees are involved in the drug trade.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Drug dealing FReepers will be disappointed that their suppliers will be suffering..

[antidemoncrat]

Right

[Cuttnhorse]

I worked for a spell in SE Ecuador, very near the Peru border, which remains in dispute.
Always had an ex-military dude with me who was well armed. The area was crazy...big artisanal gold mining area and everyone was a packin’.

Interesting place...I liked it!!