Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamoring for DEA help

Uruguay's main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads. Since then, cocaine shipments to Europe have surged through the port of Montevideo, which handled a record 1.1 million containers last year, fueling a rise in gang violence and undermining Uruguay's reputation as a beacon of stability in turbulent South America. Uruguay, a small, affluent nation sandwiched between Brazil and Argentina, is desperate for help.