Crimen organizado y cadenas de valor: el ascenso estratégico del Ecuador en la economía del narcotráfico

Abstract

The The research aims to identify Ecuador's strategic insertion in the Drug Trafficking Value Chain. Through qualitative research, remote sensing techniques, spatial geographic analysis, semi-structured interviews and analysis of information from primary and secondary sources, the rise of drug trafficking on the northern border is characterized. The study concludes that Ecuador went from being a transit country to a country that occupies a privileged position in the value chain of drug trafficking. The evidence generated from the discovery of 700 hectares 1 Red Latinoamericana de Análisis de Seguridad y Delincuencia Organizada (Relasedor), Ecuador, renato.rivera89@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-8987. 2 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador, carlosemilio3101@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-5017 doi.org/10.17141/urvio.28.2020.4410 8 U RV IO , R ev is ta L at in oa m er ic an a de E st ud io s de S eg ur id ad , N o. 2 8, s ep tie m br edi ci em br e 20 20 p p. 829 • R EL A SE D O R y FL A C SO S ed e Ec ua do r • IS SN 1 39 042 99 (e n lín ea ) y 1 39 036 91 Crimen organizado y cadenas de valor Renato Rivera-Rhon y Carlos Bravo-Grijalva URVIO, Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad No. 28 • septiembre-diciembre 2020 • pp.8-29 ISSN 1390-4299 (en línea) y 1390-3691 9 of illicit coca leaf crops in Esmeraldas, Carchi and Sucumbíos, the multiple supply routes from Colombia, as well as territorial disputes and the increase in violence from 2015 to 2019, make Ecuador an ideal territory for the global economy of organized crime.