‘The cocaine superhighway’: how death and destruction mark drug’s path from South America to Europe

‘The cocaine superhighway’: how death and destruction mark drug’s path from South America to Europe

A once-peaceful country that does not produce the drug is now a war zone as gangs vie for control to meet European demand

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A sign on the doorway said “For rent” and the house’s lights were out. But the assault team were convinced a group of armed gang members lurked inside and they were determined to smoke them out. As darkness enveloped Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, six truckloads of military and police troopers screeched to a halt in front of the seemingly vacant home.

Some pummelled its front and side entrances with steel battering rams, crowbars and fists. Others scrambled up its outer wall.

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