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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.
With 30,000 gang members estimated across the country, many incarcerated criminals have been able to use influence outside the prison walls to control their jailers. ... Los Lobos saw an opening ...
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.
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 ...
Later that day, the army claimed on X (Twitter) that they were "in control of the external and internal perimeter of the penitentiary complex" and shared photos from within the prison. [51] On 21 January, police thwarted an attempt by gangs to seize a hospital in Yaguachi, resulting in 68 arrests. It is believed that the failed attack was meant ...
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:
Until his murder in 2020, Zambrano was the overall leader of Ecuador's criminal gangs, which according to authorities counted up to 25,000 members -- in a country that has just 50,000 police.