Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle

Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battleTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedConfronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battleCloseThe BBC's Orla Guerin goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappling with a huge surge in drug crime.Drugs have been pouring into Ecuador from neighbouring Colombia and Peru - the two biggest producers in the world. Powerful home-grown gangs, with links to Mexican cartels and Albanian mafia groups, are then helping to smuggle the cocaine onwards. Last year, Ecuador's murder rate was one of the highest in the world, with more than 9,200 people killed, according to the country's interior ministry.SubsectionLatin AmericaPublished6 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated topicsEcuadorFollow Ecuadorclose panelYou are now following EcuadorUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Drugs tradeFollow Drugs tradeclose panelYou are now following Drugs tradeUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Read description