Ecuador Asks US Daily for Help Curbing $30 Billion Cocaine Trade

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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa stated that the country requests assistance daily from the US to combat a cocaine trade estimated at $30 billion annually. He emphasized that local security forces should maintain primary control over anti-drug efforts.

Ecuador asks the US ‘every day’ for more help fighting a cocaine trade worth an estimated $30 billion a year, President Daniel Noboa said Monday, while insisting local security forces should remain in charge.