After referendum, drug leader is captured in Ecuador

by times news cr

2024-04-26 05:48:15

Three months after his escape in the midst of a violent drug trafficking attack, the criminal leader Fabricio Colon Pico was captured yesterday, after the support for the referendum of the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboaby the majority of citizens.

The leader of The Wolves He was detained along with four people, including two inmates who escaped from the same prison and his sister, in an area of ​​the small town of Puerto Quito, 160 km northwest of the capital.

Pico is accused of threatening to kill the attorney general of Ecuador, Diana Salazar, while in the afternoon, “two dismembered bodies” were found in the north of Quito, the Prosecutor’s Office reported, detailing that “it is investigating what happened because it is presumed to be related (to) intelligence reports on possible attacks on the life” of Salazar. .

“Today we have three recaptures. We all know what Pico means, it became a symbol” within organized crime, said the Minister of the Interior, Mónica Palencia, a key member of the government in its war against criminal gangs, in a joint press conference.

THE WOLVES

Alias captain peakone of the leaders of the group The Wolves and considered a “high value target” by the authorities, he escaped from a prison in Riobamba on January 9 in the midst of a strong attack that left twenty people dead. The wave of violence led the Ecuadorian president to declare a state of emergency, which lasted 90 days and allowed him to mobilize the military to the streets.

Photographs of the capture show Pico with dyed blonde hair, handcuffed and surrounded by uniformed officers. During the arrest, “they were shot” when they tried to enter a farm where he was, the police said. Police.

Pico was arrested on January 5 accused of the crime of kidnapping and generating a plan to murder Salazar, which was not carried out.

After the blow to The Wolvesauthorities are still searching for the leader of The Chonerosone of the largest gangs in the country, escaped from a prison in the port of Guayaquil. Adolfo Macías, alias Issuehad been imprisoned since 2011, sentenced to 34 years in prison for organized crime, drug trafficking and murder.

“We are not going to rest until we have all these terrorists who are causing problems behind bars,” said the authorities, who also assure that security has improved despite the fact that 92 homicides were recorded in the last week and a prison chief was murdered during election day on Sunday.

2024-04-26 05:48:15

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