This new cocaine sequence from the Guardian is excellent.
AThe signal on the door mentioned “For Lease” and the home lights have been off. However the assault workforce was satisfied {that a} group of armed gang members have been hiding inside and determined to smoke it out. As darkness enveloped Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest metropolis, six vehicles loaded with army and police troops pulled up in entrance of the apparently empty home.
Some beat their entrance and facet entrances with metal rams, crowbars and fists. Others have scrambled up their outer wall.
Quickly his instinct was confirmed. One suspect jumped out of a second-story window and escaped via an undulating roof. As safety forces lastly stormed the home, a second man was knocked to the bottom in a bed room.
A 3rd suspect was huddled on the lounge ground because the masked workforce demolished the inside of the house searching for hidden weapons and medicines. “The place's the gun?” a soldier bellowed as a half-naked prisoner was struck with a pole, leaving pink streaks on his again.
Learn extra at
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2024/jun/12/the-cocaine-superhighway-how-death-and-destruction-mark-drugs-path-from-south-america- to Europe
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