Ecuador’s Cocaine Corridor: US and Ecuador Target Global Drug Networks

BBC correspondents Vanessa Buschschlüter and Chris Graham report in their article, “US and Ecuador forces launch operation to fight drug trafficking,” that Ecuadorian and U.S. authorities have started joint operations to target major trafficking networks operating through the country. According to the report, investigators working with Ecuadorian police, the U.S. military’s Southern Command, and Europol have dismantled a large drug-trafficking network linked to the Los Lobos gang. The operation resulted in 16 arrests...