Battlefield Ecuador: The Brutal War Against the Cartels! | Investigate LATAM

Mega Prisons, Cartels, Total Chaos | Ecuador: The Narco Wars | Investigate LATAM Long considered a haven of peace in Latin America, Ecuador today is facing an unprecedented wave of violence. Prison riots, hostage-taking on live television and homicides by the thousands: the country is now in a ‘state of war’ against the narcos. The country is at the heart of international cocaine trafficking. To cope with the cartels’ stranglehold, the 36-year-old President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of emergency. We obtained exceptional authorization to follow the extraordinary operations of the police and army. Today, the entire state is mobilized to restore calm and order. But will this be enough? In Guayaquil, the country’s economic capital and largest port, the entire city is under cartel contr