International drug trafficking cartels collaborate with local criminal gangs in Ecuador and exert influence across key port cities and extensive areas of the Pacific coast.
November 17, 2025
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Organized-crime influence on coastal and port areas in Ecuador.
As of 2025, vessels departing Mexico for the United States commonly depart at night and sometimes travel hundreds of miles north along the Pacific coast.
November 17, 2025
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Describes typical operating patterns of maritime migrant smuggling ventures.