"They Come to Blow up Everything" : In Ecuador, the Army Goes to War Against the Gold Gangs
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In the mountains of northern Ecuador, near the Colombian border, the army is trying to destroy illegal gold mines controlled or exploited by criminal groups, a trade that has become colossal, fueled by the flight of precious metal and the security crisis that ravages the country.
Ecuadorian soldiers patrol the Andean mountains to dismantle clandestine gold mining sites. An endless struggle against criminal groups that brew more money than with cocaine. In northern Ecuador, near the Colombian border, the army multiplies interventions to stop the illegal extraction of gold. Columns of soldiers advance in [...] Article In Ecuador the army blows up illegal mines but the gold continues to flow first appeared on Le Singulier.
The operation was carried out in the sectors El Cristal, Santa Rosa del Valle and San Pedro.
The Ecuadorian Army dismantled shelters and infrastructure used for illegal gold mining in the Urcuquí canton, directly affecting the logistical and financial capacity of criminal structures.
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