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Smuggling, an escape route from hunger amid the pandemic

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Tulcán (Ecuador), 2 Sep (EFE)(CAMERA: Xavier Montalvo) - Hundreds of Ecuadorians, Colombians and Venezuelans have turned the border trails between Ecuador and Colombia into a livelihood to cope with the lack of work during the pandemic, introducing smuggled products for sale where it suits them best.FOOTAGE OF OF ECUADORIANS, COLOMBIANS AND VENEZUELANS WHO SMUGGLE GOODS IN THE BORDER BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR AND SOUNDBITE OF THE PINK ORB SMUGGLER FROM ECUADORTRANSLATION:"Since the quarantine problem began, we have been scrambling and have no choice but to risk our lives. Imagine how many dead people have drowned so far, the river is growing and we can't cross, and the day we can't cross, we can't eat."

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