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Installations of the Esmeraldas refinery of Ecuador's state-run oil company Petroecuador are pictured, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador November 28, 2024. REUTERS/David Diaz Arcos
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Fuel theft, violence siphoning $215 million from Ecuador oil industry

Criminals steal gasoline, diesel and other fuel by tapping state-owned fuel pipelines for use in making cocaine and transporting drugs.

FILE PHOTO: View of  the installations of Ecuador's hydroelectric power station Coca Codo Sinclair in Napo, Ecuador June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo
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Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the South...

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