Gang stuff was defos popping over there them times man

You were just lucky. Crime, poverty and corruption have always been a big problem

As someone who has been in a relationship with an Ecuadorian for five years the basic layout of the situation is that the Mexican cartels are expanding throughout South America and making partnerships with local gains in the regions they expand too. The Albanian mafia controls the export hub of Guayaquil, which is used to smuggle cocaine to the United States and Europe. The local gangs have been battling with the Albanians there for export control. The Mexican gangs are paying local ones in firearms which they smuggle from the United States very easily as it’s easy to go south with whatever you want. Drugs are brought into the country via boat and plane. The people fleeing from Ecuador are trying to escape a conflict which we are financing and arming, only to be treated as gang members themselves on arrival. If you generalize all Latin American people as drug dealers you are doing nothing but unnecessarily spreading dismay through your willful ignorance of the situation. The new president is the son of a man who owes the Ecuadorian people about half of the entire nation’s national debt. Before his recent election, Ecuador was known as a region of relative stability and safety compared to many surrounding nations. I expect no one learn anything from this situation though, as at least here in the United States people tend to use situations to justify their pre-held beliefs rather than to learn anything and adjust our own policies which are fueling these situations.

right on :) stay away from drugs and be a tourist..... i just returned from 3 weeks in Manabi and Bahia/San Vicente/Canoa beach area and it was wonderful :). ecuador people are very friendly and a pleasure to be around

@@shonwamcfeckerty7363not nearly to the same extent at all

If prohibition did not exist there would be no drug lords. Without prohibition there would never have been crack or spice , etc

​@@MrYossarianuksome drugs are so socially destructive that they should never be legal, cocaine is one of those drugs.

@@Zurvan101 Then the trade will always exist. As long as there is money to be made then new druglords will pop up, richer and more violent than the last. The war on drugs has been a massive failure and decriminalisation / legalisation of drugs is the only answer.

​@@Zurvan101spoken like someone that doesn't know anything about cocaine. It's essentially just stronger coffee. Models love it because it doesn't ruin your body unless seriously abused. It's no more dangerous than alcohol.

@@reecep1457 then you will see the corportisation of the dangerous drug trade and the compleat degeneration of society.

I am the Law !!!

@@Avaricumstudios Court's adjourned!!

Leaving the drug kingpins alive was their fatal mistake.

Oh, you must be a U.S. Conservative. Trump lies to you, dumbass.

You realise where these drug gangs came from?

Over 70% of the drugs goes to Europe so it came from them@@curiositycloset2359

​@@curiositycloset2359lol it's so easy to blame others, hard to take accountability for your own actions. Please explain why Ecuador is America's fault.

@@VisualiseTheFun Especially in south america its often both. Its no secret that the US sees south america as its own back yard and intervened over 50 times there the past decades. So to ignore that would be equally easy and wrong.

Colombia has been more than 20 years with US military bases there and they are still providing cocain for all entire world

You just summed up a nearly 7 min vid😂😂

@@hemenpeshmerga8098he couldn’t sum up a maths equation pal, L take 👎

Ecuadorians are extremely and unbelievably CORRUPT. That is why it is a FAILED STATE.

I’d rather have a dozen Ecuadorians as neighbors over one Correa as a neighbor, that’s for sure

Colombia has been with US army bases for long time and still has provided the drugs for the entire world, American bases are not the solution, is the bankers and politicians corrupt there

US's revenge?

@@StarSprangledBanner What, You think the US told Ecuadorians to leave?

​@@StarSprangledBanner😮

I have pal, he was armed. Nothing against ecuadorians but the one av met was actually armed.

just out of convenience. Wait till you turn around and get backstabbed.

@@agustinenzoa4447 sure. How many stabbing incidents happen in nightclubs in Hongdae in Korea which is the only place I've met people from Ecuador? I'll wait

As someone who has been in a relationship with an Ecuadorian for five years the basic layout of the situation is that the Mexican cartels are expanding throughout South America and making partnerships with local gains in the regions they expand too. The Albanian mafia controls the export hub of Guayaquil, which is used to smuggle cocaine to the United States and Europe. The local gangs have been battling with the Albanians there for export control. The Mexican gangs are paying local ones in firearms which they smuggle from the United States very easily as it’s easy to go south with whatever you want. Drugs are brought into the country via boat and plane. The people fleeing from Ecuador are trying to escape a conflict which we are financing and arming, only to be treated as gang members themselves on arrival. If you generalize all Latin American people as drug dealers you are doing nothing but unnecessarily spreading dismay through your willful ignorance of the situation. The new president is the son of a man who owes the Ecuadorian people about half of the entire nation’s national debt. Before his recent election, Ecuador was known as a region of relative stability and safety compared to many surrounding nations. I expect no one learn anything from this situation though, as at least here in the United States people tend to use situations to justify their pre-held beliefs rather than to learn anything and adjust our own policies which are fueling these situations. The Ecuadorian people are some of the most kind and generally hospitable people on the planet, and allowing ourselves to pay for their destruction while denying the civilians their humanity is purely evil.

Friendly does not mean: educated, responsible, socially conscious, etc. This is the root-cause: viveza criolla by the 99%

Its because you should never just watch one news source, its called censor ship. only showing what they want you to see. when you see something do a bit more research into it dont believe everything you see.

CNN does talk, not news

They make them illegal so they can keep prices high and keep the industry propped up. Governments are complicit in the crime

The situation is very real in the coast, even though it’s only a fraction of the country it’s still very significant. Not over blown at all.

Correa left the continent SEVEN YEARS AGO!

When Correa left the homicide rate was very low. He never ran away btw!!!!

Tienes razón el le dio protección a las bandas criminales, y ahora ellos tienen más derechos humanos que nosotros... en su momento las cosas estaban tranquilas porque el negociaba con las mafias, pero ahora todo es distinto.

@@dulceamore7257 oe pana Correa lleva siete años en otro continente y con las mismas leyes fuimos el país más seguro de América Latina

@@--T_T- si amigo, estabamos en paz porque Correa tenía amistad con ellos, y los dejaba hacer sus cosas sin problemas, por ejemplo, dejaba pasar a cualquiera por las fronteras y retiró la base de Manta para que nadie vigile el trafico de drogas en el mar, aunque tienes razón, mucho se han demorado para poner mano dura otra vez.

For whatever reason, when it comes to addiction, we don't blame and punish addicts but instead we blame and punish dealers/suppliers (rightfully so). Yet you guys in an attempt to assuage guilt or whatever, reverse blame and turn the addicts into victimizers and the thousands of young men readily available to assault and murder for drug gangs in your society into innocent victims of opportunity. Ecuador, like a lot of Latin America has it's fair share of drug usage, political corruption and poverty. Nations like the US, AUS, UK, GER, NZ, etc. have readily available opioid substitution programs. We are safe, stable, we have stronger currencies and more people with more disposable income so drugs will fetch higher prices in large markets. This is an accident of happenstance. More governments in LatAm need to get their shit together, stop blaming addicts in stable western societies, start taking accountability, do like Bukele if you have to.

Gee. The country intermediate between the two largest suppliers of illicit drugs that inconsequently adopted the USD and has a large european tourism is in no way influenced by global demands of illicit drugs… Foreign powers dump their problems on smaller nations and turn a blind eye to the consequences. Great analysis, just do what El Salvador does and add to the terror. Go back to your tea and biscuits and wait in your dotage…

@@MelGibsonFanhahahhahahahaha

Your saying Ecuadoranos do not know how to control and govern thier country

@@user-rl8em8vc7t No govt but they have your USD Thanks to your taxes

No need to add more violence

​@@garafanvou6586Difference is El Salvador violence went down drastically please do research 😂😂😂😂

Please continue to see this a joke. That is exactly what you are.

Yeah but El Salvador is also slipping away into authoritarianism. Bukele is already threatening to turn everything into a one-party state. Not good

They literally are

FOOL....AND IF YOU TOOK THE VACCINE FOR A LIE .... THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE LISTENED TO AS ANYONE WORTHWHILE

Swiss banks

@@SelfProclaimedEmperorAmerican banks

Yeah now lmao

You must be American. your comment stinks of American ignorance. your country is responsible. they want that army base back. we all know how obsessed you're with army bases.

Well that is messed up

It was very safe for LATAM standards

Statistically

'Safe' is a relative term.

Not really. Both the head of the CIA, DEA and FBI have played roles in coups across Latin America for their own personal interests. That's why some countries oppose US military and evening work with US agencies.

Indeed, free protection...

This isn’t the wild west cowboy. More guns are not required.

hmmm, interesting thought

Look at singapore and see the consequences they face when their caught with illegal substances

@@aztekcolours5468 I have and right now their ex president is under investigation for crimes against humanity by letting anyone including the police murder ppl in the streets, who they suspect are drug users/ dealers. No due process,is it really worth killing ppl because they want to consume plant extracts?

How that prohibition thing you speak of work with alcohol? Who became really rich and powerful?...oh that's right some guy named Al Capone

Who wants the government more involved then they already are? Stop making it illegal, which makes it expensive

I live in Ecuador and call BS on your statement. The country is far from having collapsed. In most regions we see no change.

@@chrisstevens2 Why the hordes of Ecuadorian migrans fleeing Ecuador and trying to get to the US then?

​@@krnpowrthere are more chinese in the border than ecuadorians

@@MrMarcosema Nope. Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, Hatians, and Chinese in that order.

@@krnpowr I don't know where you are getting your numbers but fron arrests at the border these are the numbers "Mexicans were arrested 39,733 times crossing the border in September, well behind Venezuelans. Guatemalans, Hondurans and Colombians rounded out the top five." Ecuadorians don't make the top five . This is from VOANEWS of october 2023

The problem is that people who have JESUS in their mouths don't defend the truth and peace

You clearly didn't pay attention, Correa was the one that let the drug cartels in the country

This avalanche could not be stopped, but he was the one digging the trenches to control the damage. Now it’s a free for all

Because the other leaders haven’t been as the same level of corruption as Correa

It definitely hasn’t helped, but its banks defaulted beyond logic. Ecuador would have made Greece look like paradise.

Where, Quito, Baños or Cuenca?😂 and yeah, over the last month the giant crack down has reduced violence a lot.

Life is shit for people around the West. Wealth is all concentrated around the elites, housing is getting harder to afford, ethnic Europeans see themselves as replaceable by migrants, democracy does not respond to the needs of the masses and politicians abuse their position for personal gain to help their wealthy backers carry out policies internally (tax-breaks, corporate subsidies) and externally (wars, regime change) in their favour. So people use material things purchased on credit, drugs and alcohol to temporarily forget their miserable existence and fill that empty void. The reason why the Muslims can keep going, is they believe that irregardless of how bad things get, they'll be paradise in the afterlife. So Muslims continue to live on, fight and have children. Hope and faith are the rallying cry of the lazy, excuses of the weak; but during hardship it keeps people from ending it.

It’s just a highway between the two cocaine empires…

Just apply a long term, over night solution. Easy.

Those taxes wont pay themselves. File your taxes quickly.

Your a drug addict

Wrong country, my dude

I agree... but you do need effective regulatory models if you are going to dismantle drugs prohibition. We have pretty effective regulatory models for alcohol and tobacco... we need the same for drugs. How we would treat cocaine, heroin or marijuana might well be different. As would psychedelics. Transform Drug Policy Foundation has done quite a bit of work on this very subject.

Worldwide? Yeah right lmao

@@CarlWicker Prohibition. How did that work out?

@@StephenGoodfellow So you think the solution is legalise cocaine worldwide? lol lmao roflcopter lolacayst... how do you get every nation to agree to such a stupid request?

@@CarlWicker Just get your own nation to legalize it, like the US did with alcohol.

@@StephenGoodfellow This makes no sense, if some nations legalise it will still be contraband in others but with increased supply available. this is insanity and only gives the drug lords more power.

A Bananero?

@Dom-py6tr Are you joking? It couldn't be more clear.

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😂😂​@@Livesc1

😡 In South America, it doesn't matter to gangs and cartels as long as it makes money. They are involved in not just drugs but also coffee, quinoa, avocado, agave, etc. As soon as farmers make a little profit, cartels immediately step in to control the trade.

@@pohanahawaii Drugs though always make the most money (huge mark-up) and attract the most violence. The demand however as the OP suggests is in the West which drives the demand. Were there no demand there would be no supply.

@dellwright1407: 🙄 1) Let's not forget that *drug dealers and cartels also work to create demand* by luring people in, making it easy/cheap for them to access drugs at first to become addicts and future customers. According to NCDAS, *73% of drug addicts/abusers are between the ages of 18-29 with those trying drugs before 13 likely to develop a habit within 7 years.* 2) It's true that US/Canadian consumers also have to take partial responsibility for our demands but WTF (?) when *every business dealing with Mexico and South America resulted in criminal gangs involvement* one way or another?!?! I say this as an avocado, quinoa, agave, banana, coffee consumer who *naively thought by giving South America our businesses, we would help farmers and elevate people's lives so they don't have to migrate.* Wrong! Our dollars still going towards criminal gangs and the *#1 reason people gave when claiming Asylum are still cartels and poverty.* Seems to me this is not so much because of our "demand" but the *failure, decay, and corruption of the Mexican, South American law enforcement, government, people, and culture.*

@dellwright1407 : 🙄 1) Let's not forget that *drug dealers and cartels also work to create demand* by luring people in, making it easy/cheap for them to access drugs at first to become addicts and future customers. According to NCDAS, *73% of drug addicts/abusers are between the ages of 18-29 with those trying drugs before 13 likely to develop a habit within 7 years.* 2) It's true that US/Canadian consumers also have to take partial responsibility for our demands but WTF (?) when *every business dealing with Mexico and South America resulted in criminal gangs involvement* one way or another?!?! I say this as an avocado, quinoa, agave, banana, coffee consumer who *naively thought by giving South America our businesses, we would help farmers and elevate people's lives so they don't have to migrate.* Wrong! Our dollars still going towards criminal gangs and the *#1 reason people gave when claiming Asylum are still cartels and poverty.* Seems to me this is not so much because of our "demand" but the failure, decay, and corruption of the Mexican, South American law enforcement, government, people, and culture.

@dellwright1407 : 🙄 1) Let's not forget that *drug dealers and cartels also work to create demand* by luring people in, making it easy/cheap for them to access drugs at first to become addicts and future customers. According to NCDAS, *73% of drug addicts/abusers are between the ages of 18-29 with those trying drugs before 13 likely to develop a habit within 7 years.* 2) It's true that US/Canadian consumers also have to take partial responsibility for our demands but WTF (?) when *every business dealing with Mexico and South America resulted in criminal gangs involvement* one way or another?!?! I say this as an avocado, quinoa, agave, banana, coffee consumer who *naively thought by giving South America our businesses, we would help farmers and elevate people's lives so they don't have to migrate.* F***ing wrong! Our dollars still going towards criminal gangs and the *#1 reason people gave when claiming Asylum are still cartels and poverty.* Seems to me this is not so much because of our "demand" but the failure, decay, and corruption of their own law enforcement, government, people, and culture.

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Ecuador is only a transit country, we do not grow coca or make cocaine. The cocaine comes from Colombia and Peru and is shipped by containers to Europe but 30% goes by sea to Mexico (in narco submarines, planes and fast boats), the weapons come on the way in. Sometimes they pay the drugs with weapons

The bullets, maybe. Those weapons looked sawed off. It is reported that the weapons are Peruvian.

@@garafanvou6586Most are American

Correa was corrupt af. Yes, of course crime can fall when the president allows narcos to do business and in return they reduce chaos but that’s a slippery slope and often a shitty solution. It’s literally exactly what’s happening in Colombia right now.