Number: RS20494
Title: ECUADOR: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL ISSUES
Authors: Raphael F. Perl, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division 
Abstract: Increasingly, Colombian drug trafficking and narco-linked insurgent activity appears to be spilling over into Ecuador. U.S. supported military operations against narcotrafficking/guerilla groups in Colombia could accelerate such a trend. Such rising activity by narcotrafficking/insurgent groups, if confirmed, could well limit the effectiveness of U.S. anti-drug support to Colombia and threaten the territorial integrity and stability of Ecuador.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated February 8, 2001