Barbara Arvanitidis

3 weeks ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | David Culver |Abel Alvarado |Barbara Arvanitidis |Alex Platt

CNN  —  “Un viaje más,” dice. “Y luego me detendré.” Es pescador de profesión, nacido y criado en la ciudad costera de Manta, un lugar que una vez fue conocido por el atún y la tranquilidad. Pero en estos días, los peces son más difíciles de encontrar. Los viajes son más largos. Y el dinero, dice, simplemente ya no está. “Como pescador, en un mes puedes ganar US$ 300”, dice. “Pero con la droga, la blanca… ese es el dinero, ¡hermano!”.

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | David Culver |Abel Alvarado |Barbara Arvanitidis |Alex Platt

Share “One more trip,” he says. “And then I’ll stop.”He’s a fisherman by trade, born and raised in the coastal city of Manta — a place once known for tuna and tranquility. But these days, the fish are harder to find. The trips are longer. And the money, he says, just isn’t there anymore.“As a fisherman, in a month you can make $300,” he says. “But with the drug, the white one… that’s the money, brother!”One trip, running cocaine by sea to Mexico, pays $60,000, he says. Half up front.

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | David Culver |Abel Alvarado |Barbara Arvanitidis |Alex Platt

Manta, Ecuador CNN  —  “One more trip,” he says. “And then I’ll stop.” He’s a fisherman by trade, born and raised in the coastal city of Manta — a place once known for tuna and tranquility. But these days, the fish are harder to find. The trips are longer. And the money, he says, just isn’t there anymore. “As a fisherman, in a month you can make $300,” he says. “But with the drug, the white one… that’s the money, brother!” One trip, running cocaine by sea to Mexico, pays $60,000, he says.

1 month ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Abel Alvarado |David Culver |Barbara Arvanitidis

Manta, Ecuador CNN  —  Ecuador está sentando las bases para la llegada de las fuerzas estadounidenses, según planes obtenidos por CNN, mientras su presidente pide al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, que ayude a combatir las poderosas pandillas en un país que alguna vez fue conocido como la “isla de la paz”.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Abel Alvarado |David Culver |Barbara Arvanitidis

Obtained by CNN Manta, Ecuador CNN — Ecuador is laying the groundwork for US forces to arrive, according to plans obtained by CNN – as its president calls on US President Donald Trump to help battle powerful gangs in a country once known as the “island of peace.” According to a high-level Ecuadorian official familiar with the planning, construction of a new naval facility in the coastal city of Manta is part of that preparation, with barracks-style housing and administration offices designed...