Mexican Cartels Are Turning Once-Peaceful Ecuador Into a Narco War Zone
“We are fighting to contain this sickness that is threatening our country,” said an official of the violence created by Mexico's cartels in Ecuador.
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“We are fighting to contain this sickness that is threatening our country,” said an official of the violence created by Mexico's cartels in Ecuador.
A new episode of violence has left at least another 12 inmates dead after gunfights at the Guayaquil El Litoral jailhouse, it was reported Saturday. It was the second massacre within the same week at that infamous prison involving rival gangs clashing over drug trafficking territorial control.
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The violence broke out at La Roca prison in the port city of Guayaquil, a growing nerve center in the global drug trade where a state of emergency was declared only three days earlier.
Three inmates died in Ecuador on Tuesday in the latest burst of rioting in its maximum security prison system, the government said.