In the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, the authorities not only fight against the trafficking of tons of drugs that are frequently seized, but also against the consumption and micro-trafficking of the drug that remains in the national territory.
The police say that young consumers are very easily recruited by organized crime gangs that extend their tentacles in some neighborhoods.
From Guayaquil, as reported by Ana María Cañizares, the authorities consider that substance use is one of the reasons for the increase in crime in this city, which the president himself, Guillermo Lasso, considers the most violent in the country.