How the U.S. Focus on Fentanyl Helped Fuel the Cocaine Trade’s Resurgence

Across Latin America, there has been a surge in cocaine trafficking as Washington prioritized combating fentanyl. Times reporters traveled to Ecuador to see how criminal groups are wreaking havoc.The police in Spain displaying tons of cocaine, after it was transported in a container from Ecuador, at the port in Algeciras, in 2024.