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<journal-id>1390-4299</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[URVIO Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[URVIO]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1390-4299</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales- FLACSO-Sede Ecuador]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1390-42992020000300008</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">urvio.28.2020.4410</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Crimen organizado y cadenas de valor: el ascenso estratégico del Ecuador en la economía del narcotráfico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Organized Crime and Value Chains: Ecuador's Strategic Rise in the Drug Trafficking Economy]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Crime organizado e cadeias de valor: ascensão estratégica do Equador na economia do narcotráfico]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivera-Rhon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Renato]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bravo-Grijalva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Red Latinoamericana de Análisis de Seguridad y Delincuencia Organizada (Relasedor)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>28</numero>
<fpage>8</fpage>
<lpage>29</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1390-42992020000300008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1390-42992020000300008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1390-42992020000300008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La investigación tiene por objetivo identificar la inserción estratégica del Ecuador en la cadena de valor del narcotráfico. Mediante una metodología cualitativa, técnicas de teledetección, análisis geográfico espacial, entrevistas semiestructuradas y análisis de información de fuentes primarias y secundarias, se caracteriza el ascenso del narcotráfico en la frontera norte. El estudio concluye que el Ecuador pasó de ser un país de tránsito a un país que ocupa un puesto privilegiado en la cadena de valor del narcotráfico. Las evidencias generadas a partir del hallazgo de 700 hectáreas de cultivos ilícitos de hoja de coca en Esmeraldas, Carchi y Sucumbíos, las múltiples rutas de abastecimiento desde Colombia, así como las disputas territoriales y el incremento de la violencia desde 2015 a 2019 hacen del Ecuador un territorio ideal para la economía global del crimen organizado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract 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 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.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo O objetivo da pesquisa é identificar a inserção estratégica do Equador na cadeia de valor do narcotráfico. Por meio de pesquisa qualitativa, técnicas de sensoriamento remoto, análise geográfica espacial, entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise de informações de fontes primárias e secundárias, caracteriza-se o aumento do tráfico de drogas na fronteira norte. O estudo conclui que o Equador deixou de ser um país de trânsito para um país que ocupa uma posição privilegiada na cadeia de valor do tráfico de drogas. As evidências geradas a partir da descoberta de 700 hectares de plantações ilícitas de coca em Esmeraldas, Carchi e Sucumbíos, as múltiplas rotas de suprimento da Colômbia, bem como disputas territoriais e o aumento da violência gerada de 2015 a 2019 no período analisado fazer do Equador um território ideal para a economia global do crime organizado.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cadenas de valor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[crimen organizado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cultivos de hoja de coca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[economía política del crimen organizado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[frontera norte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[narcotráfico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[coca leaf crops]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[drug trafficking]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[northern border]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[organized crime]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[political economy of organized crime]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[value chains]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Cadeias de valor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[crime organizado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Economia Política do Crime Organizado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Equador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[fronteira norte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[narcotráfico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[plantações de folha de coca]]></kwd>
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