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FRONTLINE Goes Inside Ecuador’s Drug War, Illuminating the Stark Human Toll

Watch the documentary at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App starting Nov. 11, 2025, at 7/6c. It will premiere on PBS stations (check local listings) and on ...
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Drug War in Ecuador

FRONTLINE examines how a once-peaceful nation is now gripped by drug cartels, violence and a military crackdown. With rare access to gang recruits, police, politicians and families caught in the ...
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Ecuador in Transition: Marcel Mettelsiefen on Documenting a Nation in Crisis

Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen talks about making the documentary ‘Drug War in Ecuador,’ an on-the-ground look at how institutions, gangs and ordinary people are navigating the country’s ongoing crisis ...
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Drug War in Ecuador

A once peaceful nation now gripped by drug cartels, violence, and a military crackdown. A once peaceful nation now gripped by drug cartels, violence, and a military crackdown. With rare access to gang ...