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The FARC-EP dissidents in Ecuador were the first to have links with criminal groups from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. The Sinaloa Cartel arrived in 2003 in a discreet manner and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in 2016, but both were limited to covert operations and forging local alliances. [1]
Since around 2018, [1] Ecuador has suffered a security crisis resulting from conflicts between criminal organizations with connections to drug trafficking. [2]In recent years, coca leaf production has risen in neighboring Colombia [1] and Peru, [3] with both cocaine and coca base entering Ecuador by land and leaving by sea. [1]
On 9 January 2024, an armed conflict broke out in Ecuador involving the country's government against several organized crime groups, most notably the Los Choneros cartel. Reports of armed attacks throughout Guayaquil and other parts of the country were widespread, occurring primarily in prisons, markets, roads, and universities.
Instead, clashes broke out against prison guards and Ecuadorian police by Los Chone Killers across Ecuador. [ 6 ] In May 2024, Panamanian authorities managed to capture Julio Alberto Martínez Alcívar, alias "Negro Tulio", a high-value target and ringleader of the Chone Killers criminal group, wanted in Ecuador for terrorism and identified as ...
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, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
Los Choneros is an organized crime syndicate and drug cartel based in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a notable presence along much of the country's coastline.The gang is known for its involvement in organized crime, including drug trafficking, extortion, and robbery.
José Adolfo Macías Villamar (born 30 September 1979), [1] also known by the alias Fito, is an Ecuadorian drug lord and the current leader of Los Choneros cartel. He assumed leadership in 2020 following the murder of his predecessor Jorge Luis Zambrano .