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Ecuadors President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency Monday as part of a plan to combat international drug trafficking organizations and reduce crime.

At least six gangs have complete control of the Litoral Penitentiary, where they reportedly generate around $280 million a year by bribing jail guards and cops.

The drought currently ravaging Mexico is a recurring phenomenon that leaves a trail of damage and destruction in its wake every time it strikes. At the moment 84% of the country is suffering drought conditions of differing intensity, aggravated by a lack of rain in recent months, according to Monitor, the surveying service of the National Water Commission (Conagua). Despite the fact it had been predicted, and that the evolution of the climatic history of Mexico tends toward drought conditions, ...