Most Ecuadorans knew little about the science of petroleum extraction and most of what they learned came from Texaco.
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Initially, the indigenous tribes were the only Ecuadorans affected by the drilling.
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Since 1993, a group of Ecuadorans had been pursuing an apparently fruitless legal struggle to hold Texaco responsible for environmental destruction in the Oriente.