Ecuador is today confronting one of the most difficult internal battles in its modern history: the fight against powerful narco-terrorist organizations that, for more than a decade, infiltrated ports, prisons and parts of the national economy. Under President Daniel Noboa, the country has undertaken the most forceful and comprehensive effort yet to dismantle these criminal structures. That essential context has been missing in some recent reporting, including suggestions that organized crime networks once infiltrated commercial containers related to a banana exporter owned by the president’s family. Read More