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While announcing sanctions against Los Lobos, U.S. officials said the gang "contributes significantly to the violence gripping the country" and its network includes thousands of members backed by ...
Members of Los Lobos were involved in several prison riots across Ecuador. 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. It was the deadliest prison riot in Ecuador's history. [11]
Macías’ escape was followed by that of Fabricio Colón Pico, an alleged member of the Los Lobos gang, which is also one of the more than 20 groups designated by the Ecuadorian government as a ...
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.
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:
[30] [31] On the same day, Los Choneros gunmen [13] forcibly entered a TC Televisión studio in Guayaquil, where they took journalists hostage during a live newscast. [32] Later in the day, the Ecuadorian police raided the TV studio, released the journalists, and arrested the gang members. [13]
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 ...
On 12 July 2024, a court in Quito sentenced Carlos Angulo, the alleged leader of the Los Lobos gang, and Laura Castillo to 34 years' imprisonment for ordering the assassination. Three other accomplices were also sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. [42]