US detains Ecuador boat crew: Families deny their relatives are drug traffickers

US forces released footage of an operation off Ecuador targeting alleged drug smugglers. While the crew was detained, relatives say they are fishermen. The raid is part of a wider US anti-narcotics campaign.

Al Jazeera’s Ferdia Carr reports.

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