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Nightlife falls silent as Ecuador's narco gangs take charge | International

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The sweat-and-salsa-infused nightlife that was once the beating heart of Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, has fallen silent, with bars, restaurants, and nightclubs pulling down the shutters to avoid cartel-linked violence. As Ecuador has become an epicenter of the global cocaine trade -- and the port city of Guayaquil a major thoroughfare -- cartels and mafias have chewed through the city's lively 'Zonas Rosas' -- nightlife hotspots. Valeria Buendia, a 36-year-old teacher, used to hit Panama Street about once a week with friends. A once buzzing and steamy area not far from the river, it is now empty after dark. She rattles off the names of old haunts -- Central, Exflogia, Nicanor -- but...

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