Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador

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by Paola LÓPEZ Agence France-Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) – A headless body discarded in the street. Two corpses dangling from a bridge. An intensifying drug war has shocked once-peaceful Ecuador with scenes of horrific violence. Experts say the two crimes committed within a single week last month evoked the savage methods of Mexican narco gangs which, according to the government in Quito, has infiltrated the South American country of 17.7 million people. “The cruelty is […]