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On 28 September 2021, a dispute between Los Lobos and Los Choneros in the Litoral Penitentiary, Guayaquil, led to a riot that killed 123 inmates and injured over 80, becoming the deadliest prison riot in Ecuador's history. [4] In that riot, members of the Los Tiguerones gang attacked inmates in pavilions 1 and 3 and beheaded five of them. [5]
Videos began circulating online showing prison guards being executed, while others requested a dialogue with Noboa, threatening to continue killing more guards. [40] One gang announcement threatened to kill anyone out in the streets after 11 pm. [25] Two vehicles and a gas station were set on fire in Esmeraldas. [27]
Ecuador is in the middle of an internal armed conflict, he said, before ordering the country’s armed forces to “neutralize” the gangs, which Noboa declared as “terrorist organizations”.
Los Lobos (English: The Wolves) is an Ecuadorian criminal organization that specializes in drug trafficking and working as hitmen for international partners or allied groups. [7] Los Lobos began as a splinter group of the Los Choneros drug cartel, but broke away in 2020 after the death of Jorge Luis Zambrano, along with Los Chone Killers and ...
Ecuador’s prison system has turned into the headquarters for criminal groups that have amassed foot soldiers and influence across the country, say experts. In less than a decade, organized crime ...
Members of the police and military escort Jose Adolfo Macias at Guayaquil prison, Ecuador, August 12, 2023, in a screengrab from a video provided by the Ecuadorean Police. - Ecuadorean Police ...
The Latin Kings are one of the few organized street gangs operating in the state of Delaware. [67] Latin Kings member Alejandro Rodriguez-Ortiz was charged with the July 2, 2008 murder of Angel Rivera – a fellow Latin King who was shot dead in Wilmington – as well as the murder of rival gang member Rodrigo Monroy, who was fatally shot on ...
Americans of Ecuadorian descent have watched in horror, fear and sadness as drug trafficking-related violence has escalated, putting the country at war with violent gangs.. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ...