How did Ecuador turn into a hub for cocaine?

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Oct 18, 202329:59Science & Medicine

A presidential candidate gunned down in broad daylight, after speaking at a rally shortly before Ecuador's presidential elections. Narco violence has exploded in the small South American country, which used to have a rep...

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