https://www.lapresse.ca/internation...uateur/au-pays-des-cartels-de-drogue.php

In the land of drug cartels
(Guayaquil, Ecuador) A total of 210 tons of drugs seized in a single year, a record. At least 4,500 murders last year, also a record. Children recruited by gangs. Prisons that become hubs of crime. Neighborhoods plagued by criminal disputes. And all this chaos financed by powerful foreigners with deep pockets and considerable experience in the global drug trade.