Let's say Noboa is right that the borders are a sieve, and the way to beat the cartels is through enforcement at the borders. Then, he also has to share the blame for the laxed borders, since he and his admin control the Ecuadorian side of the borders and yet the drug gangs still find a way into Ecuador. Thus he should focus more on his own admin than those of other administrations, and ask himself why his border guards let so many cartel members through? But I guess that would lead to a realization that the guards and the police have a corruption issue. And that no matter how many guards one employees there is so much border it is impossible to police, and it would be more frugal to figure out how to dissuade individuals from joining the gangs.
But like most right wingers he doesn't want to help people directly. In that case, his admin could look into ways of detecting drugs at the ports to force the gangs to other ports (hoping they aren't in Ecuador) and making the whole endeavor less effective. That is more expensive than just welfare and as I said it sort of just moves the gangs to other ports (sort of like in the Netherlands the criminal gangs no longer use Rotterdam but have moved to smaller ports such as Middelburg in Netherlands or ports in Spain) but it does make them less effective.
Good observation, and right, it’s also worth considering Noboa can’t afford to share the blame for the border insecurity, that would make him look both weak and, as you said, responsable for the current security peak.
Let's say Noboa is right that the borders are a sieve, and the way to beat the cartels is through enforcement at the borders. Then, he also has to share the blame for the laxed borders, since he and his admin control the Ecuadorian side of the borders and yet the drug gangs still find a way into Ecuador. Thus he should focus more on his own admin than those of other administrations, and ask himself why his border guards let so many cartel members through? But I guess that would lead to a realization that the guards and the police have a corruption issue. And that no matter how many guards one employees there is so much border it is impossible to police, and it would be more frugal to figure out how to dissuade individuals from joining the gangs.
But like most right wingers he doesn't want to help people directly. In that case, his admin could look into ways of detecting drugs at the ports to force the gangs to other ports (hoping they aren't in Ecuador) and making the whole endeavor less effective. That is more expensive than just welfare and as I said it sort of just moves the gangs to other ports (sort of like in the Netherlands the criminal gangs no longer use Rotterdam but have moved to smaller ports such as Middelburg in Netherlands or ports in Spain) but it does make them less effective.
Good observation, and right, it’s also worth considering Noboa can’t afford to share the blame for the border insecurity, that would make him look both weak and, as you said, responsable for the current security peak.