US indicts Ecuador's Estrada Bonilla, son in cocaine trafficking network; Bucaram named intermediary

US authorities accuse Jaime Estrada Bonilla and his son of conspiring with drug traffickers to ship large cocaine loads to the US, with Jacobo Bucaram listed as an intermediary. The arrests mark a notable escalation in US-Ecuadorian counternarcotics cooperation, though the extent of the network's reach and Bucaram's role remain unconfirmed beyond the indictment.

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