The leaders of Sinaloa cartel and the border commands of the dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) They are among the list of “military objectives of terrorist groups” published by the Government of Ecuador, as part of the “internal armed conflict” that it has declared against organized crime gangs.
The Presidency of Ecuador released this Friday a list with names and photos of the main leaders of transnational organized crime groups, whose illicit activity, mainly linked to drug trafficking, has an impact on Ecuadorian territory.
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The most important objectives include Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambadaconsidered the heir of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán within the Sinaloa cartel and also Giovanny Andrés Rojas (‘Araña’), who is presumed to be in charge of the border commands of the Second Marquetalia, the largest dissident of the FARC .
With the dissemination of this list, Ecuador confirmed the connection that exists between the production of cocaine in Colombia with the Mexico posters who are in charge of make it reach the United States.
A set of Ecuadorian criminal gangs operate in Ecuador, which the authorities consider to be the main causes of the wave of violence that the country is experiencing and which has made it one of the first in homicides in Latin America, with around 45 homicides. per 100 thousand inhabitants in 2023.
With the declaration of “internal armed conflict” by the President Daniel Noboa At the beginning of January, these criminal gangs were considered terrorist groups and non-state belligerent actors to be neutralized by the Police and the Armed Forces.
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Among the criminal bosses from Ecuador On this list is José Adolfo Macías (‘Fito’), considered the leader of Los Choneros, the largest and oldest criminal gang operating in the country, and who has been a fugitive since the beginning of the year, when he escaped from the prison where he was serving a 34-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, organized crime and murder.
It’s also on this list Wilmer Chavarría (‘Pipo’), who allegedly acts as the leader of Los Lobos, the main competitor of Los Choneros, and who is speculated to direct this criminal organization from outside Ecuador.
Of the group criminal ‘Los Lobos’ meets Carlos Angulo (‘The Invisible’)whom the Ecuadorian Police have identified as the alleged intellectual author of the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year, whose crime he allegedly planned from prison.
Among them is also Fabricio Colón Pico (‘Captain Pico’), an alleged lieutenant of Los Lobos who at the beginning of the year, during the series of simultaneous riots that were recorded, managed to escape after having been arrested with the complaint of the attorney general, Diana Salazar, of planning an attack against her.
