A Ecuadorian-based cocaine and weapons trafficking ring has been broken up in New York. The network stretches from Columbia and Peru into Ecuador, then into Mexico, Texas and other southwest border states and to New York, where contraband is shipped to Europe, authorities say. The network has been operating in the U.S. for more than a decade. Five Ecuadorian nationals have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on charges of conspiring to import vast quantities of cocaine into the U.S. through the network. Those indicted include a former member of Ecuador’s National Assembly, a former Ecuadorian mayor...