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Ecuadorean President's family linked to cocaine shipments to Europe

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The banana producing and trading firm belonging to Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa's family has been linked to cocaine exporting to Europe, hidden in fruit shipments from the port of Guayaquil. Journalist Andrés Durán -known locally as 'The Chochologist'- has fled the country due to death threats. He claims to have evidence against Noboa Trading.

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The Ecuadorian police have pointed out that the banana company Noboa Trading, linked to the family of President Daniel Noboa, could be involved in the export of more than half a ton of cocaine since 2020 to several countries in Europe. READ ALSO: Ecuador: They approve law for the distribution of oil income for popular benefit According to an investigation by journalist Andrés Durán, the drug would have been camouflaged in banana boxes and sent f…

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In a surprising event, Ecuador’s Minister of Health, Édgar Lama Von Buchwald, has been involved in a journalistic investigation linking him to Noboa Trading, a company associated with the presidential family and allegedly involved in drug trafficking activities. Prior to his current ministerial position, the Minister of Health served as a

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On March 28, 2025, the South Florida District Court issued a partial notice of compliance in the confiscation sentence handed down against John Pólit, son of former Ecuadorian Comptroller Carlos Pólit. Ecuadorean delivered USD 430,701,94 as part of the judicial agreement reached after pleading guilty for conspiracy to launder assets. Polit’s son recognized in November 2024 his participation in the bribery schemes linked to Brazilian construction…

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Quito, 28 Mar (Prensa Latina) The banana company Noboa Trading, linked to the family of the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, could be involved in the export of drugs to Europe, an accusation that the president refuted today. The post They accuse in Ecuador a company of the Noboa family of drug trafficking first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

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Ecuadorean police linked the banana company Noboa Trading with the trafficking of more than half a ton of cocaine to several countries in Europe since 2020. According to investigative journalist Andrés Durán, the drug would have been camouflaged in banana boxes and sent from the port of Guayaquil, a city that is epicenter of the wave of violence linked to organized crime. In the hot presidential debate of March 23, candidate Luisa González quest…

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Plan V broke the news in on Friday, March 28, 2025.
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