#Mapping #ECUADOR ⭕The port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador (a route for cocaine trafficking from neighbouring Colombia to the US & Europe) is grappling with a devastating battle for control among criminal gangs, leaving the country broken. ⭕The violence has escalated dramatically in recent years, mak- ing Ecuador the fourth most violent country in Latin Amer- ica, surpassed only by Venezuela, Honduras, and Colombia. ⭕Ecuador is on South America’s west coast. Its diverse land- scape encompasses the Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands. ⭕ Ecuador’s role in the drug trade dates back to the 1980s, when it was a transit route for Peruvian coca base trafficked into Colombia.
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