Nice part of the world.
My wife's dad deliver yachts for a living. He was sailing a 60 foot catamaran from Panama to Galapgos and (in the middle of the night) was hailed by a vessel claiming to be Navy, and that they were going to board him. He told them to get stuffed and let us know what was going on via the satellite. They said they were going to escort him to Galapogas. He said sure, we're going there anyway.
When dawn broke it turned out it was a Navy boat. They tried to "charge him" $1500 for the escort. Until he let them know that all the comms and photos were already on the internet and it would start an international incident.
Bribery and corruption. Still one of the main economies in parts of the world.