Ecuador’s President Exposes Neighboring Nations’ Weakness in Fighting Transnational Crime

In a candid address during the International Conference on Synthetic Drugs in Quito, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa delivered a sober warning: while his nation takes bold steps to dismantle drug trafficking and synthetic narcotics labs, neighboring countries remain hesitant to share the burden or show firm resolve. President Noboa criticized the lack of reciprocity from unnamed countries that simply pass the drug trafficking problem across borders, rather than confronting it head-on. "Passing the problem to a neighbor is not a solution," he stated. "It just moves the destruction of families to another brotherly nation." This frank admission reveals cracks in...