Police in Ecuador say they have arrested an alleged leader of Los Lobos, a powerful criminal organisation specialised in drug trafficking.
Police in Ecuador say they have arrested an alleged leader of Los Lobos, a powerful criminal organisation specialised in drug trafficking.
The man was armed and carrying a large sum of money when police stopped his luxury car in the city of Puerto Bolívar.
Gunmen believed to belong to his gang opened fire as the officers transferred Jaime S.C. to police headquarters.
Soldiers deployed at the police headquarters where the suspect was locked up were later also fired upon.
Los Lobos (The Wolves) is estimated to have 8,000 members and has become one of the most powerful criminal organisations in the Andean country.
The gang is also thought to have links with the Mexican Jalisco New Generation cartel, for which it smuggles cocaine from Colombia through Ecuador's port cities to the US and Europe.
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