Ecuador's banana industry is a tangled web of legal commerce and illicit narcotics, illustrated starkly by the recent discovery of nearly 770 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment. The narrative spins a tale of heroic law enforcement battling malevolent traffickers, all while evading deeper scrutiny of who truly profits. President Daniel Noboa, emerging from a powerful banana-exporting family, faces criticism for militarizing the drug war without addressing the oligarchic structures underpinning the trade. This contradiction exposes a class-selective drug war where the state fights the visible enemy at the bottom while shielding corporate interests. The demand? Unmask the hidden players and dismantle the system that links both bananas and cocaine.