That's some interesting info about Ecuador's drug connection, AmericanUnity.
And since Mexico is in the hands of the drug lords, it would be absolutely AMAZING if this entire Mexico-Ecuador kerfuffle turned out to be all about some cartel beef.
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I wasn't aware until doing some digging. Human trafficking goes thru Ecuador too.
This is the first article that popped up in a Google search for "Ecuador drug smuggling" There are many more:
Ecuador: A Cocaine Superhighway to the US and Europe
insightcrime.org
Cocaine, cartels, and corruption: The crisis in Ecuador, explained
www.vox.com
The beaches are beautiful and the prices very affordable. Sadly, out for same reasons we wouldn't buy in Mexico. Sad state of affairs. I used to really enjoy spending time on the water in Mexico, Ensanada to PuertoVallarta. Now, the only place I go is to visit a friend and his family in Merida, on the Yucatan. I feel pretty safe there, but IMO the oceanfront meccas are just too iffy nowadays with the cartel BS that spills over with violence, theft, and kidnappings.
Funny thing happened visiting a friend in Puerto Vallarta one time:
At the time the Federales drove Ford LTD's. Frank was half Mexican and half Sicilian, swarthy, had a mustache, and drove a Ford LTD. When we'd drive anywhere, people would scatter thinking he was a Federale pulling up to f with them.
Even back then, corruption was rampant. Luxury cars owned by Americans were seized by cops of Federales for their chiefs to drive. At one point, we were going to do a jet ski concession on the beach in PV. Just before buying 6 of them, a sailboat concession was seized *like that* by cops and handed over to some Mexican jeffe. It was fortunate for us that we hadn't bought them yet.
