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Ecuador: From peaceful haven to gangster's paradise

Ecuador’s president has vowed to take back control from the violent drugs gangs that have shattered the peace in recent years

Over the past week prisoner escapes, hostage taking and violence in Ecuador has made headlines around the world.
Many people were shocked by the chaos in a country that was previously among the most peaceful in a turbulent region.
Will Grant, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Central and Latin America correspondent tells us what he found on the ground in Ecuador in the days after the attacks. Ana Maria Roura, from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo, shares how the rapid rise of drug trafficking gangs has torn apart the country she grew up in.
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This episode was made by Richard Moran, Alix Pickles and Bethan Ashmead Latham. The technical producers were Jack Graysmark and Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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