Observations about missing persons in Ecuador

HAVANATIMES.ORG reported — The type of missing person announcement you see here can be found at practically any bus stop or busy street in Quito. Friends from Cuba often ask me what has struck me the most about Ecuador so far. Well, there you go: its missing persons. I had expected something else to make a deep impression in me, something like extreme poverty. I actually haven’t seen any of that yet, to the point that I dare say Cuba is poorer than Ecuador. What’s more, Quito is an extraordinarily beautiful city, a city of modern buildings nestled among immense volcanoes and mountains. What has struck me the most about Ecuador is the number of missing person announcements one comes across. The missing are almost always young people (of both genders). It is said they are kidnapped by organ traffickers. It is also said that they are very rarely found. Read Article
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