And “as much as 45 percent of [Colombia’s cocaine] passes through Ecuador”, it added. Ecuadorians are finding it difficult to escape the clutches of the drug trade. A community leader told ...

which rose to power independently in 2020 when a former Los Choneros leader's assassination left cracks in the gang's command structure. Los Lobos is accused in the assassination of Ecuador's 2023 ...

Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias El Fito, is the leader of the feared Los Choneros criminal gang in Ecuador and escaped prison in January of last year. He broke out during a wave of violence that ...

The indigenous leader also called for the radicalization of “protest in every corner of the country,” and asked international organizations to pay attention to what is happening in Ecuador.