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Los Lobos began as a splinter group of the Los Choneros drug cartel. After the assassination of Jorge Luis Zambrano, the gang's leader, in 2020, a vacuum was left in the organization's leadership. Due to their weakened position, several gangs, including Los Lobos, broke away and formed a new alliance to combat them.
Just last week, a leader of one of Ecuador's biggest crime syndicates, Los Lobos, was arrested at his home in the coastal city of Portoviejo. The U.S. last year declared Los Lobos to be the ...
Los Choneros and their main rival, Los Lobos, are believed to be allied with Mexican drug cartels in a war for dominance over Ecuador’s drug trade. Los Lobos saw an opening amid a violent power ...
Ecuador has been struggling to bring violence under control amid a 90-day state of emergency declared to tackle 22 gangs, including Los Lobos, which are considered terrorist groups.
Los Chone Killers are derived from the Puerto Rican drug trafficking gang Ñetas after the latter's international expansion. [2] When Los Choneros leader Zambrano was killed in 2020, Los Chone Killers and several other gangs split off due to disagreements with the leadership of José Adolfo Macías Villamar. [3]
On 9 May, a riot broke out between members of rival gangs Los Lobos and R7 inside Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo, central Ecuador. [1] Forty-four inmates were killed. [3] [1] The prison is situated 80 km (50 mi) north of Quito. [1] A hundred and twelve inmates tried to escape during the riot, but were apprehended inside the prison grounds ...
The United States in February sanctioned another major Ecuadorean gang, Los Choneros. Los Lobos has thousands of members and began as a gang of hitmen working under Los Choneros, the Treasury ...
6 November: During a police operation in Machala, five members of Los Lobos gang were arrested. [33] 10 November: Álex Salazar, leader of Los Tiguerones, was released from Litoral Penitentiary after serving 60% of his sentence. [34] After Salazar was released, clashes broke out at Litoral Penitentiary, leaving three dead. [35] 12 November: