“Some terrifying images went around the world in January. They showed how a television crew in Ecuador was held hostage by a group of criminals during a live broadcast. But the most shocking thing was the image of journalist José Luis Calderón while he was subdued by these subjects. Since then, his life took a radical turn, so much so that he could no longer work again.
The journalist and his colleagues became the face of the extreme insecurity that Ecuador is experiencing as a result of narcoterrorism. It's a situation that forced José Luis Calderón to leave the country and seek asylum in the United States.
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Insecurity that has also led, like never before, thousands of other Ecuadorians to emigrate. In 2023 alone, a flow of more than 117,000 Ecuadorians was recorded trying to enter the United States irregularly through the border with Mexico.”
