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Multiple deaths reported in crash of business jet connected to retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle
A business jet with six people aboard crashed Thursday at a regional airport in North Carolina used by NASCAR teams and Fortune 500 companies, erupting in a large fire and killing multiple people, authorities said.
Flight records show the plane was registered to a company run by retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle.
There were six people on the Cessna C550 that crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport, about 45 miles north of Charlotte, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
“I can confirm there were fatalities,” Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said.
Golfers playing next to the airport were shocked as they witnessed the disaster, even dropping to the ground at the Lakewood Golf Club while the plane was overhead. The ninth hole was covered with debris.
“We were like, ‘Oh, my gosh! That’s way too low,’” said Joshua Green of Mooresville. “It was scary.”
The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA were investigating. AccuWeather says there was some drizzle and clouds at the time of the crash.
The plane took off from the airport shortly after 10 a.m. but then returned and was attempting to land there, according to tracking data posted by FlightAware.com.
The plane had planned to fly later from Sarasota, Florida, to Treasure Cay International Airport in the Bahamas before returning to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and then to Statesville by evening, data showed.
Video from WSOC-TV showed first responders rushing onto the runway as flames burned near scattered wreckage from the plane.
The airport’s website states that it offers corporate aviation facilities for Fortune 500 companies and several NASCAR teams.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/greg-biffle-nascar-plane-crash/
Elgin News Digest: Applications being sought for Black and White Art Show; tickets on sale for Black Tie New Year’s Eve Masquerade
Applications being sought for Black and White Art Show
Jan. 28 is the deadline to submit an application to display an artwork at the East Dundee Art Council’s third annual Black and White Art Show, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, at Willow & Birch in East Dundee.
One piece per artist will be considered, with an admission fee of $20. Works must be in black and white and can be up to 25% yellow as an accent color. No AI work will be allowed.
Those selected for the exhibition will be notified via email or phone by Wednesday, Feb. 4. Artwork must be dropped off at the venue by Sunday, Feb. 15. Prizes will be awarded.
For an application form and more information, go to eastdundee.net/government/commitees_commissions___boards/arts_council/black_and_white_art_show.php.
Tickets on sale for Black Tie New Year’s Eve Masquerade
The nonprofit African-American Coalition of Kane County will host a Black Tie New Year’s Eve Masquerade from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, in the grand ballroom of the Holiday Inn & Suites Northwest Chicago in Elgin.
The night is geared toward people who are 35 and older, according to a social media post for the event. Guests are invited to wear black tie formal attire, and masks are required upon entry. Live music will be provided by Harlan Jefferson and DJ Maurice “Ice” Culpepper.
Admission is $140.56, which includes dinner and a service fee for the ticket. To attend without dinner at 8 p.m., the cost is $103.22 per person or $172.57 per couple, which includes two hours of open bar and a ticket service fee.
For purchase tickets, go to www.eventbrite.com/e/black-tie-masquerade-ball-tickets-1668212912729.
Elgin’s outdoor event incentive program taking applications
Applications for Elgin’s 2026 outdoor event incentive program will be accpeted through Wednesday, Jan. 21.
The program offers financial support for people and organizations planning outdoor community events. It includes encore, market makers, active Elgin and launch program categories, each designed to support different event types and community goals that will cost $15,000 to $40,000 per event.
For program details and requirements and to apply, go to
elginil.gov/OutdoorEventIncentiveProgram.
Registration underway for Frozen Oaks 5K run on Feb. 7
Entries are being accepted for the seventh annual Frozen Oaks 5K, which will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Randall Oaks Golf Club, 4101 Binnie Road, West Dundee.
If paid by Wednesday, Dec. 31, the registration fee is $55. It climbs to $60 if paid between Thursday, Jan. 1, to Monday, Feb. 2, according to the Dundee Township Park District website. Race day registration between 8:30 and 9:45 a.m. is $65.
Participants will receive a ticket to a post-race chili bar, a drink ticket and a sweatshirt. Awards will be presented to the top three finishers in various age groups for men and women.
To register and for more information, go to www.dtpd.org/frozen-oaks-5k.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/elgin-black-art-dundee-masquerade-5k/
El papa critica la “irracionalidad” de la disuasión militar en su primer mensaje anual de paz
Por NICOLE WINFIELD
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (AP) — El papa León XIV insistió el jueves en que la paz no solo es posible, sino necesaria, mientras criticaba la “irracionalidad” de la disuasión nuclear y el uso de la fe como un arma en el discurso político moderno.
León hizo estos comentarios en su primer mensaje de paz, una exhortación anual que el Vaticano prepara antes de cada día de Año Nuevo, cuando la Iglesia Católica celebra su jornada mundial por la paz.
En el breve texto, que se dio a conocer en una emotiva conferencia de prensa, León recordó sus primeras palabras como papa, pronunciadas el 8 de mayo en la logia de la Basílica de San Pedro: “La paz sea con ustedes”.
En el mensaje, el pontífice instó a los fieles a no rendirse ante la idea de que el miedo y la oscuridad son normales, sino a ver la paz como algo posible y realista.
“Cuando tratamos la paz como un ideal lejano, terminamos por no considerar escandaloso que se le niegue, e incluso que se haga la guerra para alcanzarla”, señaló.
Criticó cómo los intereses económicos y financieros privados impulsan a los países hacia avances militares tecnológicos, impulsados también por la inteligencia artificial, que alimentaban la “irracionalidad” de la disuasión militar.
Hizo un llamado a los creyentes de todas las religiones a cuidarse contra la tentación de convertir en armas las palabras y la religión para cometer actos violentos en su nombre.
“Lamentablemente, forma cada vez más parte del panorama contemporáneo arrastrar las palabras de la fe al combate político, bendecir el nacionalismo y justificar religiosamente la violencia y la lucha armada”, escribió.
Además de los ocho idiomas habituales de los textos del Vaticano, el mensaje también fue traducido al ruso y al ucraniano, dada la guerra emprendida por Moscú.
Para resaltar el horror de la guerra y la violencia política, en la conferencia de prensa del Vaticano se presentaron dos conmovedores testimonios de personas que presenciaron algunos de los horrores pasados de Europa: la guerra de Bosnia y el terrorismo local de izquierda que atormentó a Italia en las décadas de 1970 y 1980.
Maria Agnese Moro, cuyo padre, el ex primer ministro italiano Aldo Moro, fue secuestrado y asesinado en 1978 por las Brigadas Rojas, describió su experiencia con la justicia restaurativa: Hace quince años, se reunió con miembros de las Brigadas Rojas en un diálogo facilitado que permitió a ambas partes hablar de su dolor de una manera que los humanizó mutuamente.
“Cada palabra que digo les duele, pero reconoce su humanidad”, afirmó. “Cada palabra que dicen me duele, pero reconoce mi humanidad: Ustedes son capaces de escucharnos, de creer en nuestras intenciones de bien en ese momento, desfiguradas por la violencia utilizada”.
“La verdadera escucha es un reconocimiento mutuo de la humanidad”, dijo.
El reverendo Pero Miličević, un sacerdote católico croata, relató el día en 1993 cuando una unidad musulmana del ejército bosnio atacó su aldea, matando a 39 personas, incluidos su padre, su tía y varios primos. Su madre viuda y siete de sus nueve hijos fueron encarcelados en un campo de guerra durante siete meses.
Con voz temblorosa, Miličević dijo que él y su familia nunca podrían haber sobrevivido al dolor sin su fe católica. Una vez que se convirtió en sacerdote y comenzó a escuchar confesiones, dijo que entendió la necesidad de paz, incluida la paz interior que viene con el perdón.
“Precisamente esa educación en la fe en Dios nos ayudó a superar los horrores de lo que presenciamos”, manifestó.
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La cobertura de temas religiosos de The Associated Press recibe apoyo a través de la colaboración de la AP con The Conversation US, con financiación de Lilly Endowment Inc. La AP es la única responsable del contenido.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Trump Promises New Evidence Showing 2020 Election Fraud
Trump Promises New Evidence Showing 2020 Election Fraud
Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump has in recent interviews repeatedly foreshadowed new revelations about improprieties in the 2020 election. He has suggested the evidence to be both voluminous and clear.
“The election was rigged in 2020. We have all the ammunition, all the stuff, and you’ll see it come out. It’s coming out in truckloads,” Trump said during remarks at the White House Christmas reception this week.
He took particular aim at California, suggesting the state’s system of mailing ballots to all active registered voters is not secure.
“They mail out 38 million ballots, and they come in. Where … do they go and where do they come from?” he said.
He said that because in 2024 he was able to win a number of heavily Hispanic districts in Florida and along the southern portion of Texas, he would also have been able to win the votes of Hispanic communities in California to the point of carrying the state. The fact that he did not, he suggested, indicated improprieties in the election process.
“It’s a rigged election in California, because we would win California by a lot,” he said. “And again, they feel they have the advantage with Hispanic. They don’t, because I won [the] Hispanic vote.”
Trump also promised evidence of 2020 election rigging several days earlier during a Dec. 9 interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns.
“It was a rigged election. Now everyone knows it. It’s going to come out over the next couple of months too. Loud and clear. Because we have all the information there,” Trump said.
The 2020 election, conducted under the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, was marred by allegations of fraud and other illegalities. The Trump campaign attempted to litigate the claims, but was not able to overturn the results in any state as many of the lawsuits were dismissed on procedural grounds.
An FBI investigation brought during the Biden administration and taken over by special counsel Jack Smith resulted in charges against Trump in 2023 over his efforts to challenge the official results of the election, including the appointment of several slates of alternative electors.
The prosecutors in that case filed secret subpoenas directed at more than 400 conservative organizations and individuals, including lawmakers, according to documents provided through whistleblower disclosures to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), which he released in October.
Smith dropped the case after Trump won the 2024 election, citing the inability to prosecute a sitting president.
Before the 2020 election, the FBI suppressed the issuance of intelligence from an informant alleging that the Chinese communist regime shipped tens of thousands of fake drivers licenses to the United States to be used by ineligible voters to cast ballots for Trump’s then-opponent Joe Biden, according to internal FBI communications released in July by Grassley.
The intelligence was reported internally by the Albany field office in September 2020, but FBI headquarters then asked the field office to recall it and collect more information. A field agent did so, but the report was never reissued, with the explanation that it would “contradict” congressional testimony of then-FBI Director Christopher Wray, according to released emails.
In March, Trump issued an executive order tasking the administration with ensuring that states properly check voter eligibility, including citizenship. It also tasked the Department of Justice with collecting voter fraud information from states and focusing voter fraud investigations on those states that refuse to cooperate.
The department is to use “all necessary action” to enforce laws that bar counting ballots received after Election Day.
Since May, the DOJ has been sending letters to states asking for voter registration data with the stated purpose of inspecting voter rolls to make sure they are accurate and up to date.
The department is now suing at least 18 states that have refused to provide the data.
Besides election fraud, the Trump camp has pointed to other issues that affected the 2020 election, such as some states using the pandemic as a justification to change election rules, as well as a letter signed by more than 50 former intelligence officials suggesting inaccurately that revelations from the Hunter Biden laptop were “Russian disinformation.”
Some polling has indicated that a determinative minority of voters might have changed their vote if they had been aware of the laptop story.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 12/18/2025 – 14:20
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-promises-new-evidence-showing-2020-election-fraud
Trump firma orden ejecutiva para reclasificar la marihuana como una droga menos peligrosa
Por LINDSAY WHITEHURST y BILL BARROW
WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente Donald Trump firmó el jueves una orden ejecutiva que reclasificará la marihuana como una droga menos peligrosa y abrirá nuevas vías para la investigación médica, un cambio importante en la política federal de drogas que se acerca más a lo que muchos estados han hecho.
El cambio sacaría la marihuana de su clasificación actual como una droga de la Lista I, junto con la heroína y el LSD. En su lugar, el cannabis sería una sustancia de la Lista III, como la ketamina y algunos esteroides anabólicos.
La reclasificación por parte de la agencia antidrogas DEA no la despenaliza para su uso recreativo a nivel nacional, pero podría cambiar cómo se regula y reducir una pesada carga fiscal sobre el sector.
De manera similar, durante la administración del entonces presidente Joe Biden, el Departamento de Justicia propuso reclasificar la marihuana como una sustancia de la Lista III. A diferencia de Biden, Trump no tuvo un apoyo abierto de todo su partido para el cambio. Algunos republicanos se han manifestado en contra de cualquier cambio y han instado a Trump a mantener los estándares actuales.
Tal cambio típicamente requiere un proceso arduo, que incluye un período de comentarios públicos que ha atraído decenas de miles de reacciones de todo Estados Unidos. La DEA aún estaba en el proceso de revisión cuando Trump asumió el cargo en enero. Se espera que la orden de Trump acelere el proceso, aunque no estaba claro de inmediato cuánto podría tardar.
Muchos estados han legalizado el uso recreativo de la marihuana para adultos o lo permiten con fines médicos. Pero las leyes federales han permanecido más estrictas, potencialmente dejando a las personas sujetas a enjuiciamiento federal.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
That lonesome whistle is already blowing on new rail route
If you think you’re dreaming about ghost trains running at night along the unopened West Lake Corridor route, you might not be dreaming.
On Monday, the South Shore Line began running a two-car train along the new rail line to start testing and conditioning, so bugs can be worked out before passenger service is set to start in March, President and General Manager Michael Noland said Tuesday.
“We’re doing that for the next three days,” he said, running a train at night to limit traffic disruptions.
The start of passenger service was delayed after three of the four transformers along the route were found to be damaged, Noland said. The cause still hasn’t been determined.
But that won’t stop the railroad from testing the new rail line and starting to train employees on it.
Noland said the transformer at the north Hammond station is working, and another transformer has been cobbled together with a variety of parts. A third transformer, a 45-year-old oil-based transformer, is being recommissioned.
“We can do almost everything that is necessary,” he said, with the equipment on hand.
The new route is eight miles long, and the industry likes to have transformers every three miles for reliability, but the existing route has far fewer. Can a single transformer be used to power a train along the entire route? “We do it every day,” Noland said, between Michigan City and South Bend, where there’s a 10-mile stretch of tracks between transformers.
The railroad has begun a 10-year program to renew and supplement substations along the existing line. “I don’t know if we’re ever going to go every three miles,” he said.
What’s worked for 116 years still works, Noland said.
The new system being tested this week is software-based, so it’s a chance to see how close theory comes to practice. Already, a few bugs were noticed Monday, so they can be corrected, he said.
The trains are running in a low power mode, taking longer to pick up speed after leaving a station. “To simply test a two-car train, we can do that with one transformer in north Hammond powering the system,” Noland said.
A train with more cars and fully loaded with passengers would require more power, especially to quickly get to 60 mph after leaving the station.
Noland, who announced his retirement last month and is waiting for his replacement to be hired, said he wants to make sure the new rail route is up and running as soon as possible. Doing testing and training now means when the new transformers are installed it won’t take as long to finish getting everything commissioned and revenue service started.
Doug Ross is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
President Donald Trump signs order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.
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The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. Cannabis would instead be a Schedule III substance, like ketamine and some anabolic steroids.
Reclassification by the Drug Enforcement Administration would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated and reduce a hefty tax burden on the cannabis industry.
Similarly, the Justice Department under Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, proposed reclassifying marijuana to a Schedule III substance. Unlike Biden, Trump did not have open encouragement from across his party for the move. Some Republicans have spoken out in opposition to any changes and urged Trump to maintain current standards.
Such a switch typically requires an arduous process, including a public comment period that has drawn tens of thousands of reactions from across the U.S. The DEA was still in the review process when Trump took office in January. Trump’s order is expected to speed the process along, though it was not immediately clear how long it might take.
Many states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults or allow it for medical purposes. But U.S. laws have remained stricter, potentially leaving people subject to federal prosecution.
Polling from Gallup shows more Americans back a less restrictive approach: Support for marijuana legalization has grown significantly, from just 36% support in 2005 to 68% last year.
Trump’s order also calls for expanded research and access to CBD, a legal and increasingly popular hemp-derived product whose benefits are debated by experts.
More than 20 Republican senators, several of them staunch Trump allies, signed a letter this year urging the president to keep marijuana a Schedule I drug. Led by North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, the group argued that marijuana continues to be dangerous and that a shift would “undermine your strong efforts to Make America Great Again.” They argued, too, that marijuana negatively affects users’ physical and mental health, as well as road and workplace safety.
“The only winners from rescheduling will be bad actors such as Communist China, while Americans will be left paying the bill,” the letter said, referring to China’s place in the cannabis market.
As for decriminalizing marijuana, Trump has not previously committed to such a move, though he had considered reclassifying it for much of his second term. He once said as a candidate that it should remain a state-by-state issue.
As president, he has made his crusade against other drugs, especially fentanyl, a feature of his second term, ordering U.S. military attacks on Venezuelan and other boats the administration insists are ferrying drugs.
He signed another executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.
Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/trump-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana/
Settlement approved for Jennifer-Ruth Green ethics violations
The Indiana State Ethics Commission approved a settlement agreement for former Secretary of Public Safety Jennifer-Ruth Green, who will pay a $10,000 fine to resolve an ethics violations complaint.
The commission approved the settlement on Thursday morning, which means that Green will have to pay the fine within the next 60 days.
Under the agreement, the commission will not impose further penalties and both sides “shall result in the final disposition of this proceeding.” Green waived her statutory right to a public hearing to contest the complaint, according to the agreement.
In October, Green announced her candidacy in the Republican primary to face U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, in Indiana’s first Congressional District in 2026. Green ran against Mrvan in 2022 and lost.
The Committee to Elect Jennifer-Ruth Green issued a statement Thursday calling the settlement “a major legal victory” for Green.
“(The) Office of Inspector General attempted to throw the kitchen sink at her based on politically motivated sham of an investigation, including nine charges alleging everything from criminal conduct to inappropriate behavior, along with a laundry list of petty accusations,” according to the statement.
Green took responsibility for “minor violations that occurred” including the Facebook page usage and using a state vehicle, according to the statement. But, there was no social media policy and the car use was “explicitly approved by her government attorney,” according to the statement.
“Jennifer-Ruth accepted this settlement and responsibility for minor violations because she has integrity, and she recognized that justice and fairness were unlikely in an environment where pursuing full vindication would require a prolonged legal battle costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, against vindictive actors wielding unlimited taxpayer-funded resources to attack her reputation, character and career,” according to the statement.
Green, who resigned Sept. 5, faced code of ethics violations for political activity, ghost employment, misuse of state property, and prohibition against retaliation.
Green, who was appointed to the role in January, allegedly violated the political activity and ghost employment rules for asking employees to generate content and proofread posts on her “Elect Jennifer-Ruth Green” Facebook page, according to the complaint.
When Green had a meeting with a National Republican Congressional Committee political director during work hours in a conference room in a state-owned building, the complaint alleged those were violations of the ghost employment and misuse of state property rules.
Green also violated the ghost employment rule when she asked employees to perform personal tasks for her on state time on multiple occasions, including retrieving her assigned state vehicle from Crown Point, the complaint stated.
Further, Green violated the misuse of state property rule when she included her state title on her Battle-Proven Leadership website, where she promotes training seminars and her book, and when she used and required an employee to use her state vehicle for her personal use, according to the complaint.
After learning that an employee reported her to the OIC, Green violated the prohibition against retaliation when she threatened the employee with demotion or termination and “made derogatory comments” toward the employee, according to the complaint.
TSMC Targets 2027 Start For Advanced Chip Output In Arizona
TSMC Targets 2027 Start For Advanced Chip Output In Arizona
Taiwan Semiconductor is set to begin moving chipmaking tools into its second Arizona fab around summer 2026, positioning the plant to start 3-nanometer production in 2027, Nikkei Asia reports. Sources say the equipment move is expected in the July–September quarter next year, accelerating a project previously slated to come online in 2028 and aligning with Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei’s push to speed up U.S. output by at least “several quarters.”
Installing tools is a major milestone, but industry executives told Nikkei Asia that qualifying production lines and ramping output can take up to a year—and longer for advanced nodes that involve more than 1,000 process steps and extensive transfer and verification work.
TSMC’s first advanced overseas fab in Arizona is already producing chips for Apple and Nvidia’s Blackwell AI processors. Once the $165 billion Arizona buildout is complete—five fabs, two advanced packaging plants and an R&D center—the company expects roughly 30% of its most advanced chips to be made in the U.S.
The push comes as U.S. customers accounted for 76% of TSMC revenue in the July–September quarter, driven by AI demand from clients such as Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Intel and Google. By contrast, TSMC has paused construction of its second Kumamoto fab in Japan amid weaker demand for mature chips and a reassessment of future needs.
Asked for comment, TSMC pointed to Wei’s October remarks: “With the strong collaboration and support from our leading US customers and the US federal, state, and city government, we continue to speed up our capacity expansion in Arizona. We are making tangible progress and executing well to our plan.”
Tyler Durden
Thu, 12/18/2025 – 14:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/tsmc-targets-2027-start-advanced-chip-output-arizona
Ecuador: detienen 9 personas por presunta contaminación de contenedores con droga destinada a Europa
Associated Press
QUITO (AP) — Al menos nueve personas, entre ellas un miembro activo de la armada ecuatoriana, fueron detenidas el jueves durante un operativo que desactivó a una estructura criminal dedicada supuestamente a la contaminación con droga de contenedores con destino a Países Bajos, Bélgica, Francia y Reino Unido.
Tras una investigación de nueve meses, agentes policiales realizaron 12 allanamientos en la provincia costera del Guayas, cuya capital es la ciudad Guayaquil, desmantelando “un grupo logístico” que contaminaba contenedores en los puertos, informó en declaraciones a la prensa el ministro del Interior, John Reimberg.
El funcionario señaló que la organización tenía vinculación con el grupo criminal de “Los Choneros”, considerado entre las dos más grandes que operan en el país andino.
La droga incautada en el operativo fue valorada en 100 millones de dólares, destacó Reimberg, sin precisar la cantidad de la sustancia decomisada.
A los detenidos en la jornada, se suman cuatro miembros de las fuerzas armadas capturados con anterioridad, supuestos encargados de reclutar a colaboradores en los puertos para la contaminación, apuntó el ministro.
En un comunicado previo, el Ministerio del Interior precisó que Alberto Magno A., alias “Albertito”, un infante de marina en servicio activo, fue identificado como el cabecilla de la organización delictiva, con el rol de coordinador de las acciones delictivas.
La Fiscalía formulará cargos contra los presuntos involucrados en las próximas horas, informó en X.
“Los Choneros” fueron designados en septiembre por Estados Unidos como una organización terrorista extranjera considerada como una amenaza regional y con nexos con el Cartel de Sinaloa de México.
Ecuador es considerado por las autoridades como un centro logístico dentro de las rutas internacionales del narcotráfico, donde se acopia, almacena y distribuye la droga que ingresa especialmente desde la frontera norte con Colombia.
