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

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The BBC's Orla Guerin went on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappling with a surge in drug crime. Drugs have been pouring into Ecuador from neighboring Colombia and Peru, the two biggest producers in the world. Last year, Ecuador's murder rate was one of the highest globally, with more than 9,200 people killed. Powerful home-grown gangs, linked to Mexican cartels and Albanian mafia groups, are involved in smuggling cocaine onwards.