Ecuador's WAR on Drugs and Gangs Gets INTENSE

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

For all the people that are mad about the quality of the video where I am on screen. I am sorry. I literally recorded this in a small hotel room in Italy where the signal was terrible and we had no way to change lighting. If things look or sound off I am sorry. It was way more difficult this time around to do my work

[@MonkeyJedi99]

It's the research and the inclusion of photos and clips that educate us, not the lighting wherever you happen to be sitting.

[@justinchase6666]

why not just coppy what el savador did?

[@fear_the_smile961]

Next time try and record outside surrounded by trees. The audio muffling effect from the foliage will make you're audio sound better and the lighting will look natural.

[@Kkd-k8d]

Comment!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@Kkd-k8d Response!

[@tiggytheimpaler5483]

My mother in law lives in Ecuador and afaik, the regular people are very happy that someone is finally handling the situation. She said that outside of her village, federal police are quitely taking out tue corrupt cops and "dissapearing them" and based on what they have been accused of doing i saw good riddance

[@therealmaskriz5716]

Yup my family shares the sentiment. Can't really blame them. They've gone through rough situations

[@twistedyogert]

"Dissappearing". Those dirty cops probably get disappeared into shallow graves in the middle of nowhere.

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

​@@twistedyogertevils just reward

[@davidcook680]

Sometimes to defeat evil. You have to do evil things.

[@juliofoolio2982]

Fascists are often popular… it is often only later people realizes the price they paid.. These situations are complicated and we all have an incomplete picture.. maybe the best is being made of a bad situation.. but power corrupts and innocent people will still be victims.

[@pedroberrizbeitia1231]

So I'm currently living in Colombia, and there are several Ecuadorians here. The ones who I consider my acquaintances have explained that they were escaping savage and brutal violence back home. Others were not so lucky.

[@delanovanraalte3646]

South America is in shit right?

[@joaquinvergara1136]

As an Ecuadorian thank you so much for bringing attention to the current state of Ecuador I love your content and I really appreciate this video🙏

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

Would you agree the problem is immigrant gangs criminals?

[@44MagnumNA]

​@@ZoomZoomMX3from Colombia? That's only part of the problem. Ecuador's presidents ever since Rafael Correa got been elected since 2007 have been pretty damn incompetent, at least according to my relatives still living there.

[@TheEmperorsChampion964]

My question for those who go on about the human rights of gangsters murderers and drug lords is what about the human rights of their victims? Did their victims ever receive due process?

[@MR.LMR1996]

Most of said people live in the delusion that all gangsters are poor people who have no choice to be anything but violence lunatics to law-abiding civilians that they prey on. Ignoring the idea that many of them probably do this stufr for the love of the game rather than desperation.

[@lv7603]

They hate the victims.

[@MR.LMR1996]

@@lv7603 A far easier explenation then mine.

[@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch]

​@@MR.LMR1996 Ya, they also think that cartels are basically the same as a small-time American gang for the scale of their violence. In my city the peak of organized violence is with the Hell's Angels and this branch is very chill with people unaffiliated with gangs. People in such safe places have no conception of how mindlessly and brutally violent gangs outside can be.

[@MR.LMR1996]

@@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch Indeed. When in truth Cartels are no different than terrorists in how far they're willing to go when someone or something gets in the way of their bottom line.

[@lennartkusch6762]

Colombia‘s Finest

[@sanjaypindoria4561]

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[@thomaswatson8447]

This is to make sure that KZbin knows I want history that is well studied.

[@andylein321]

You are also not supposed to give asylum to people convicted of common crimes or already convicted, something Mexico seems to do with certain frequency.

[@a.r.h9919]

Regardless of that you cannot raid an embassy

[@ptronic]

Yeah hard to see any valid reason here to offer aid other than a fat stack of cash from the cartels

[@Brugosovi]

“Human rights violations” as if criminal elements care about that

[@techpriest6962]

Human rights don't belong to these animals.

[@courier6960]

The problem isn’t “oh no organized crime is getting stopped too efficiently”, it’s “although this is making cracking down on organized crime far easier, there are many people who are being arrested with absolutely no connection to any of this, and we can all see that this is LITERALLY one bad day away from turning the country into a dictatorship”

[@klutzspecter3470]

@@courier6960 Something something hunting monsters, something something don't become the monster. The divide is so close it set precedence for a Dictatorship.

[@stefthorman8548]

@@courier6960 sometimes the sacrifices has to be made, and it's funny that you think cracking down on crime slower will get less innocents in jail, when that is proven to be false

[@McKae00]

@@courier6960 Rather have a dictatorship I elected to keep me safe than a dictator that rules from some mansion in the middle of the jungle he bought with his drug and blood money. They have literally TWO options. Cartels or this.

[@renkuro1221]

Colombia's finest

[@turdferguson9356]

being soft on crime is a first world privilege... all those chastising Ecuador and other South American nations from the safety of their gated communities kinda need to shut up

[@therealmaskriz5716]

On point

[@steve1279]

💯 correct, the progressives pushing soft on crime policies are destroying the places they live

[@angrypastabrewing]

Like how Biden and Harris are soft on crime too

[@Lustanda]

I mean human rights can only exist if you have basic physical safeties. Sometimes the violent is so so so bad that you literally can't vote it away and you must deprive some of their rights so that others may have theirs. What is more violating of human rights? Being threatened by gangs with no end in sight or the gangs member being summarily rounded up and locked away? People in Western democracies never experienced the level of violence systemically like that so you won't understand.

[@sianais]

They did in their early days and softhanded methods were not used in any way shape or form. People got strung up. I think people far removed from the threat of merciless and violent criminal activity should stop acting like policies in stable countries would work in unstable ones. The way criminals are taken care of in places like the Netherlands would be plain idiotic to push in anywhere in Latin America and regions with similar issues. Hearing those idiots talk about human rights for criminals when they gun down citizens with zero mercy is plain insulting. The ones in my country would rain bullets when children are present.

[@kingofhearts3185]

Exactly. Like a children's story book, a nice idea but rarely applicable to harsh reality.

[@CatgirlExplise6039]

@@kingofhearts3185 Perhaps we fix that of harsh reality? Maybe we shouldnt brutalize people who have been brutalizied by the government so much that they become sociopaths? I dont know, just a theory. Seriously, Do people think that killing more people is going to suddenly fix the psychological deficiets in the brains of these people who have realised that theyre government keeps raping everyone? Or are people really willing to allow their government to brutally slaughter and torture others as long as THEY arent the ones that are ´wrong´ Seriously insane. i wish I was just a cat

[@klutzspecter3470]

Human Rights are universal.

[@badart3204]

@@klutzspecter3470is that why they suddenly appeared during the enlightenment and nations still can’t agree on many of them?

[@techpriest6962]

You don't root out evil with kid gloves on. You have to be the toughest fighter in the ring.

[@DopeSauceBenevolence]

I guess freedom is worthless then.

[@grandperspective1167]

Freedom doesn’t exist with out power and being nice isn’t power

[@Lustanda]

@@DopeSauceBenevolence Freedom doesn't exist when gang violence is prevalance to the point that the states barely functions.

[@oscaranderson5719]

@@grandperspective1167it actually is, turns out the real world doesn’t operate on 40k logic. the US has done studies on asymmetric warfare, the tl;dr is that they need to maintain legitimacy and rule of law to maintain support, and in this case support literally means the continued existence of the govt.

[@techpriest6962]

@@DopeSauceBenevolence All things in moderation, even freedom.

[@travisnewton9805]

I was rewatching the el Salvador video earlier today. Glad I get to continue.

[@JeffBilkins]

With more international drugs money and extra guns.

[@Routa02]

Colombia’s finest here. Giving a like an comment for the algo gods in hope they won’t take your money away for such a well done and documented video! Keep up the amazing work!

[@InsaneNerdGeek]

The consideration of Human Rights is only afforded to a nation and its people when there is a reasonable semblance of peace or a clear path to it. Ecuador doesn't have that. I can't speak to how they could resolve the many MANY problems they will face... I lack ANY qualification to speak on those.

[@AldoInza]

Between the drapes, the color of the walls and the tv mounted up high, I was worried you were recording from a hospital.

[@spartanhawk7637]

He must’ve rewatched Ridley Scott’s Napoleon while making the podcast episodes.

[@Snp2024]

​@@spartanhawk7637his wife put TV up so he won't smash it while watching Napoleon. God knows i almost did i hate that movie

[@Snp2024]

Joke aside looks like hotel room

[@fajaradi1223]

​@@Snp2024 Affordable hotel room

[@JLo83]

They were on a trip to Italy with a group of fans of the channel. (like the ones he mentioned in the ad break)

[@dr.panzerpanzer1080]

Bro, South America, and Central America made me sad for them sometimes, I'm from a former coal town in western Virginia, and drugs have taken over normal life, and i have seen what drugs done to people that use it, and people that sells illegal drugs. And its sad to see people hurt themselves and hurt others over it.

[@lv7603]

Internal safety and approval matters most over international approval.

[@jtb6737]

Columbia's finest

[@fajaradi1223]

Diss trick of Colombia Edit : yes, this comment is out of context

[@lloydgush]

What's the joke?

[@jtb6737]

@@lloydgush Nope

[@SamTheMan666]

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[@omegamanrad]

📝🧐 history 📈 Columbia’s Finest

[@mitchconner403]

I wonder if they are going to go full El Salvador mode?

[@dickyboi4956]

They should. These gangs are paramilitary organizations occupying their country. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in that same situation

[@JeffBilkins]

The gangs in El Salvador are more thugs and street gangsters then these well funded international drug cartels but we'll see.

[@jayforeman5299]

I wonder when the U.S. will get serious about their drug addiction problem. If there is a demand, there will always be a supplier. Corruption has always been a big problem in Latin America but U.S. influence and meddling has probably been an even bigger problem.

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

@@jayforeman5299Why would they be serious? Increased drug related _crime and its byproducts are always beneficial to the police and surveillance budgets which gives sociopaths a magical power trip, on F, the US has its hands tied up, china is making the percursors knowing fully well its being synthed in the US and distributed in the streets, and F hits the areas where the army relies the most for recruitment, why do you think there have been shortages of volunteers?

[@oscaranderson5719]

@@jayforeman5299for the longest time educators have been pushing DARE which did literally nothing (or in one study caused a slight uptick), only recently we’ve started on the concept of harm reduction which properly educates kids on substances and abuse without stigmatizing it.

[@brandongarciaponce3846]

I'm wishing the best for the people of Ecuador. Much love from a Salvadorean. And I appreciate this guy for raising my awareness of it, lord knows how often I get news about any country below the U.S.

[@theslimcreeper3779]

The fact that you brought a full audio panel to your hotel room. GOLD! Just GOLD! ❤

[@rabidwallaby84]

Can we get more politicians like Noboa in North America??? So much corruption gets swept under the rug here and has infiltrated EVERY level of government. :(

[@pixie7349]

In the US we would have to forbid lobbying and oust a majority of our government for that to happen. They get paid by companies to enact laws too well. .-.

[@pixie7349]

In the US we would have to forbid lobbying and oust a majority of our government for that to happen. They get paid by companies to enact laws too well. .-.

[@kulehulfer4385]

its called lobbying, and now that its in, it will never leave. democracy failed because our father's and theirs were complacent

[@rawwset]

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[@squalltriple7s958]

As history enthusiast also named Steven, I highly recommend that you just make videos on every little thought you have. I have had such a wonderful time learning new things I would've never heard about without your presence, you and your family are one of my favorite people to come across on all of the apps. I hope you stay safe on your trips and I'd love to hear anything about Panama if you find the time

[@ChaosWolf3]

I appreciate the effort to tell things are they are despite how KZbin might react. Keep on offering information to those who like to be informed.

[@JLo83]

As the person who did the research for this video as well as the other Ecuador video he mentioned, I thank you for your acknowledgement. We're doing our best to report the truth as we find it to be from all available sources without bias or political angles. Just the facts as much as possible. And we're also making an effort to talk about parts of the world typically neglected by western media because the lessons learned from these stories can help western/first world citizens to potentially realize that things could be much worse. Gratefulness for the good aspects of our circumstances makes for more peace in the world, in my personal opinion. And the stories of these parts of the world deserve to be told just as much as those of richer or more globally revered countries and peoples. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch our content and also to comment on it. We view your feedback as a precious resource to improve what we bring to you.

[@ChaosWolf3]

@@JLo83 There's always unsung heroes behind the scenes doing the hard work behind most KZbin channels. You guys always deserve some recognition.

[@MichaelLewis-fx8eq]

Columbia's Finest.

[@Azriel1124]

Love the work you do. Columbia's Finest!!!

[@jammybap]

El Salvador has shown that the safety of your citizens is more important than international approval.

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Which is why they get arrested on a feeling with no due process ? To the point that at least 1% of all able-bodied men are im prison for at least a whole year ? Pff, nothing wrong with that; besides, they're probably criminals, and why should I ever care about a criminal's rights, if it's not about their personal sake, lol...

[@GF-db9fv]

Colombia's finest. It sounds like an interesting story

[@perarnenymoen5797]

Thank you for your effort in making this. Many of us appreciate this.

[@MemekingJag]

Props for producing content while travelling, just the setup alone looks like a lot of effort.

[@merrydaye4763]

You are one of the best sources out there for impeccable information.

[@Figurative_Bandit]

Always interesting to know more of what's going on in the world, with these in-depth videos, much better than just headlines. "Columbia's Finest."

[@matthewholloway6307]

I would like an order of Columbia's Finest please!!

[@SupermanLOL2]

Columbia's finest. Please Columbia's Finest. I need more content.

[@justafan1794]

Please do a video on FARC and La Violencia. As a Colombian who grew up in the UK, it would mean so much if you did a video on Colombia's Finest.

[@slimyjimmy1589]

Love your videos,keeps me informed on very obscure problems no one talks about.

[@deathknight0481]

Great video. You can tell you put in effort and care about this.

[@JC-gv6sq]

Definitely interested in learning more and seeing what happens down the line.

[@joshuaronan8518]

I'm grateful for you talking about the subject of the drug war and the entire ramifications of it. I hope more understanding might help us all find common ground that is the best decision for all of us. The problem is not going to be going away anytime soon I believe :(

[@joestutzman4519]

This is great stuff! Thank you!

[@mrwrong4930]

Madness. Absolutely madness

[@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

👏🙂 Great video. Best wishes to the people of Ecuador

[@JessterKing]

You know, it’s crazy when a powerful country interferes with the governments of every country on a continent and then declares a prohibition of something made there, that things destabilize and get crazy.

[@leonardo8171]

Colombia Mentioned! Raaaaa.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@majorasmask5523]

Liked and Commented. Already subscribed. Good luck. 👍

[@GoogleDBunkers]

Glad your videos are better than your cable management

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

The issue with the iron fist approach is not that you're violating the human rights of criminals. It's the innocent people that also get swept along the way. Would you send your father, whom you know is innocent, to jail alongside gangsters to prevent 100 other families to lose their dad?

[@jacobscholtissek2410]

if my children would get savety this way , yes

[@penzorphallos3199]

Please make a video on France. Help We have cartels gaining power and nobody seems to care. Traffiqing is now unopposed in lots of cities. Every day there is a drug murder. Last week a kingpin's prison van was assaulted like el chapo. There was a grenade attack yesterday. Everything is normal to our politicians.

[@JLo83]

As a researcher and writer for the show, I'll look into it. - James-

[@beewest5704]

Same thing happening in S.Africa. Gangs, organized crime & cartels are taking over & the govt is doing little to nothing to stop their invasion.

[@multiplenames4877]

educational vid as always stakuyi

[@ethanperrin9847]

Thank you for bringing your unbiased take on this. My friend Mateo is from latacunga a city near the capital. He says every day he fears for his family life

[@sitrukpc1]

Thanks for the informational video.

[@Hamakua]

Interaction, thanks for the effort and video.

[@doranconall9995]

colombia's finest

[@elmersaldivar4081]

you should cover how he “fights corruption” but his wife’s business got a permit to cut down a protected natural area to build some condos about a week after he won, and he send the military to stop people from protesting against it.

[@alexbauer7115]

Great work!

[@drewlovs]

I think if it was any other country besides Mexico, Ecuador would have honored the asylum. But because Ecuador could make a very good case that the cartels were the ones offering the asylum, not any non-corrupt entity within Mexico, things get a little… Dicey. Whether or not the cartels had anything to do with the asylum, on the world stage, it looks HELLA shady.

[@shinyuy]

Thank you for your continued education and great content

[@mathissveistrup3575]

I am very impressed you make this, even tho youre on a trip.

[@BCSoHappy]

This is so interesting and relevant Necessary for citizens to learn about.

[@pd0321martin]

Excellent video sir!!

[@Biblioholic1993]

I kind of hesitantly agree that Mexico harboring a twice convicted corruption candidate from a third indictment is a bit more sketchy than Equador's violation of international law that constitutes refusal to take interference from them, personally, when Mexico is pretty famously corrupt and soft on it's criminal elements, and that softness has indirectly exported this entire problem over into Equador... It is Mexican gangs and remnant Colombian cartels that started this, and... I agree it is lethally serious to breech ambassatorial grounds as a state actor, but this is also not just any case.

[@danielkong6767]

Comment + Colombias finest I have done my duty

[@octavius32a64]

Excellent vid my dude

[@nicholasroach880]

Keep up the good work.

[@joelgoetz3691]

Helping with the interaction.

[@Kryosleep]

Thanks for the information.

[@basilradwany1257]

Keep up the great work

[@jamesdunn8013]

I might be able to join in one of those trips next year I’m moving this year so a bit busy

[@fooligan440]

Colombia’s Finest. Though I’d love to see a video on all the side quests to this video you mentioned.

[@normalchannel2185]

46:45 US recently won their extradition case, but 2 UK judges are allowing Assange to challenge that(appeal the decision) and the UK high court is asking whether or not he will be given the rights a US citizen gets. Namely, using the 1st amendment/ freedom of speech and the right to representation

[@sgtNACHO]

Great vid Stak!

[@adrianruda4958]

Great video!

[@spadegaming6348]

Looks great.

[@brettclarke3009]

Nice work!

[@sandmandf]

36:37 Fun fact, in ww2 we returned the diplomatic staff of the Japanese embassy and they returned our diplomatic staff in a trade.

[@R-E-X_CT7567]

Columbia's Finest Love your videos, especially when you cover Latin America. Keep it up!

[@SorceAK]

Heyo! Long time viewer... I was wondering about that Germany Trip. Since I am german and still living here. Do you need a guide or translator or something?

[@Ghost_6012]

This deserves more attention.

[@popularopinion1]

The concept of human rights are by nature reciprocal. You are under no requirement to respect the human rights of those who not only ignore yours, but actively work against them.

[@cedric3973]

Oh the puns in this episode are epic. Also can we meet the Germany trip in Germany if we live here?

[@tylergannon7398]

South and central America is such a mess, like I can’t even begin to comprehend how murder, violence, and corruption becomes such a common place staple of daily life for people

[@jcgw2]

After coming to the US I noticed that corruption is almost as bad here. But here nobody questions why a public bathroom costs $2,000,000 to build. The us has so much money that we just sweep it under the rug

[@Michelle-rdz17]

Well that’s what years of American intervention in the region does…

[@tylergannon7398]

@ if America had never existed there is 99.9999% chance they’d still be exactly the same because their culture is intrinsically tied to how they treat people, each other, and value human life

[@ojosmacabros]

I'm always impressed by these videos. But, I want to caution against painting the 2016 Habana Accords as an end to the war in Colombia. While the FARC leadership did try to become a political party, former members and middle leaders soon formed drug cartels and restarted the war. Neither the Colombian government nor the FARC fully lived up to even half of the lofty ambitions of the Habana Accords. This has created disillusionment in any future peace process in the country.

[@carln.6934]

Great video 👍🏾

[@1Kapuchu100]

I think you mixed up the name cards between Alveren and Daniel Noboa. You say that "Daniel" is the son of Alveren, but it's the young man who has "Alveren" namecard, and the old man with the Daniel namecard! :D

[@JLo83]

Editors make mistakes sometimes 🤷

[@avenged-khaos]

its not about human rights at this point for these people its a fight for survival

[@bofoenss8393]

When Stak my hoemaster says "comment!" I don't reply why, I reply "how many?"

[@randyking476]

You were not even around in the 80's The 80's and the 90's were f-ing awesome.

[@waltonsmith7210]

Talk of human rights seem ridiculous until YOUR rights are violated.

[@lenpup0]

You're an asset to humanity sir.

[@BeyondBorders202]

It's only a superficial fix what Naboa is doing and Ecuador with the military. There is no way to win a war war battle against the cartel and if you look at the reports most of the criminals being arrested or just small pawns but not the main cartel members. Logic would only dictate that a truce between the government and the main cartels the negotiated.. The terms would be up to the president And the cartel leaders. If he can actually win the war against the cartels that would be good for him, but that would mean a total annihilation of all cartels and drug dealers and the country. Even Bukele did not win the war on drugs. His policy only went to incarcerate almost 10% of the population, but the cartels are still terrorizing the people and extort business owners for money..

[@JoelJames2]

My stance has always been mercy is the domain of the strong. That’s why during near peer conflicts and desperate struggles, the war crimes flow. I doubt any Ecuadorian wants to lose civil liberties. But if it means equipping the government with what they need to crush the gangs, they may view it as a fair trade. And if they do so, fine. I’m not going to preach to a group of people suffering legitimate threats to their lives from the relative comfort and safety that I enjoy.

[@toddwilk9465]

Colombia's Finest, keep pumping out all things Latin American security related. Thanks

[@dragonxx444]

This episode should be named Assassination extravaganza (Latin edition)

[@DakotaBroskie]

Columbia's Finest!

[@ComfyWombat]

Love to see more about Columbia's finest! :D