Verkkothe country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control.

Verkkoecuador, on south america’s western edge, has in just a few years become the drug trade’s gold rush state, with major cartels from as far as mexico.

The chart uses data from the uppsala conflict.

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Verkkoin recent years, tens of thousands of people have died due to fighting between drug cartels in mexico.

Verkkomexico city (ap) — mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from asia to.

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