Americans of Ecuadorian descent have watched in horror, fear and sadness as drug trafficking-related violence has escalated, putting the country at war with violent gangs.
The unrest appears to be in response to President Daniel Noboa’s efforts to tackle cocaine trafficking, in particular by putting gang leaders in new high-security prisons
Ecuador's President has called in the army to fight the country's rampant drug gangs. Sadly he can at best sever the fingertips of a criminal hydra, as big as the world itself.