Pay up or move out: Drug gangs rob Ecuadorans of homes

The family recently got its home back after it was recovered by security forces in the city of Duran, which is battling a form of extortion which sees drug traffickers take over parts of neighbourhoods seen as strategic for their business.

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Members of a family remove furniture and belongings from the people who had extorted and evicted them after recovering their house during an operation carried out by the military and police in Duran, 10 km east of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Gerardo MENOSCAL / AFP)