Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers and police to combat drug gangs
Citizens of the most violent-wracked provinces have been warned the government is "at war" with the gangs.
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""We're at war," Ecuadorean Interior Minister John Reimberg told residents of the provinces of El Oro, Guayas, Los Ríos and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas."
— John Reimberg , Politician
""We don't want it spreading," Trump added."
— Donald Trump , Politician
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Citizens of the most violent-wracked provinces have been warned the government is "at war" with the gangs.
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