QUITO: With city streets largely deserted apart from a massive deployment of military personnel, Ecuador found itself in a "state of war" on Wednesday as drug cartels waged a brutal campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown.
Hundreds of soldiers patrolled the capital Quito, where residents were gripped by fear over a surge of violence that has also prompted alarm abroad.
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