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Between cartel threats and US airstrikes, Ecuador fishermen have nowhere to hide

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JARAMIJO/SAN MATEO, Ecuador, August 15 - At first light on Ecuador's Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and Jaramijo, their bows pointed toward deeper waters and the promise of a good catch. Other boats come in from the rolling surf to battered coves, where crews unload baskets of tuna and swordfish and traders rush to inspect the day's haul.