"Given Up Fishing": US Airstrikes, Cartel Extortion Threaten Ecuador Fishermen

Onshore, drug cartels have turned the small ports of Ecuador's Manabi province into a cocaine-trafficking hub, extorting local fishermen who are prized for their navigation skills.

Between cartel threats and US airstrikes, Ecuador fishermen have nowhere to hide  reuters.com

JARAMIJO/SAN MATEO, Ecuador, August 15 - At first light on Ecuador's Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and Jaramijo, their bows pointed toward deeper waters and the promise of a good catch. Other boats come in from the rolling surf to battered coves, where crews unload baskets of