The Mexican navy have seized almost 4,000 pounds of cocaine off its southern Pacific coast on Aug. 9, The Associated Press reported.
They made a statement on Aug. 10 that one of its planes found a boat 87 nautical miles off Acapulco.
Upon searching the boat, they found 75 packages that weighed approximately 4,000 pounds. The boat was equipped with two powerful motors.
Ecuador’s Growing Drug Problem
There are growing concerns about Ecuador’s drug problem, particularly when it had the biggest cocaine seizure in 2016.Criminal organizations would gather cocaine within the provinces of Ecuador, namely, Napo, Orellana, Santo Domingo, and Chimborazo.
Troublesome Neighbors
According to the crime analysis provided by Insight Crime, Ecuador doesn’t produce enough cocaine to be substantial, but its neighboring countries, Colombia and Peru are major producers of cocaine.The massive boom in production can be explained by the increase in coca bush farming in Colombia and Peru.
That is equivalent to 113,781 NFL football fields.
As of 2016, Peru had 108,479 acres of cultivated land, making up 21 percent of the global coca production.
That is equivalent to 23,478 NFL football fields.
War on Drugs Versus Rehabilitation
There are two anti-drug strategies implemented in the world, the war on drugs and treating drug abuse as a health problem.The 2018 World Drug Report stated that when the treatment for opiate use increased 51 percent, the number of people admitting themselves for treatment decreased from 248,000 to 88,000 individuals.
An Ecuadorean spokeswoman for the Christian grouping on the center-right argued that removing legal restrictions would cause more people to consume drugs.