In this week's edition of The Economist, there's a good piece highlighting the work of a woman in Ecuador who risks her life daily in the pursuit of jusice - that's Diana Salazar, the country's attorney general.  

Diana Salazar (in The Economist)

Once oddly (and thankfully) left out of the drug trade induced violence more commonly associated with countries such as Colombia, Honduras and Mexico, Ecuador has in recent years been catching up if not surpassing its neighbours when it comes to drug cartel violence. 

While Galapagos is pretty much isolated from this violence, the waters around the archipelago are often used by ships to transport drugs - and given the extra degree of vigilance around the marine reserve (and also in part from the American coast guard), shipments of drugs are occasionally intercepted there. 

The fact is, a great number of people consume illegal drugs and it has been next to impossible stopping them.  Some are hooked and desperate, others do it for recreational purposes.  But every person who buys illegal drugs has blood on their hands - as they support a multi-billion dollar industry bent on undermining justice with the use of violence, extortion and bribery in countries like Ecuador. 

Diana Salazar is engaged in a very dangerous pursuit.  We wish her full succeess in her efforts. 

Read the article here.  

 

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