Ecuador Asks US Daily for Help Curbing $30 Billion Cocaine Trade
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Ecuador is asking the US "every day" for more help fighting a cocaine trade President Daniel Noboa estimates is worth $30 billion a year. In an interview with Bloomberg Television's Francine Lacqua in New York on Sept. 21, Noboa said Ecuador is "going after the big fish" and needs help from the US and Europe. He says about 1,200 tons of cocaine move through Ecuador each year, with roughly 80% destined for the US and Europe. But Noboa says Ecuador will remain in charge of all operations, saying the country would "never give a blank check to any country."
In Ecuador, the police managed to strike another blow against drug trafficking. In two raids, she confiscated almost three tons of cocaine hidden in underground hiding places.
The Ecuadorian authorities seized more than 1.5 tons of cocaine during a night security operation near the coastal city of Manta, during which police used explosives to reach an underground secret hideout.
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der Standard DEMore than 1.5 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the underground camp, and the police were able to access it with explosives.
1.6 tons of cocaine seized on the third night of curfew in Ecuador
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