Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
The Choneros is one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups, which first emerged in the late 1990s as a drug trafficking organization based in the city of Chone, a beach town on Ecuador’s western province of ManabÃ.
Read profile 
The Lobos have emerged as Ecuador’s strongest criminal group, with over 8,000 members spread throughout Ecuador’s prisons and along major drug trafficking routes. The group has been involved in several devastating prison massacres in the country, which have killed close to 500 people since 2021.
Read profile
Made up of multiple smaller gangs with common allies and enemies, the Lagartos are one of Ecuador’s prolific prison gangs, whose rivalry with the Choneros has spurned unprecedented levels of violence in Ecuador’s streets and penitentiary system.
Read profile
Load more posts
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Source link : http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=66b0abd496ae43b7b89ae18a7766813f&url=https%3A%2F%2Finsightcrime.org%2Fnews%2Fspecial-series%2Fecuador-war-on-gangs%2F&c=17843792413912588319&mkt=en-us
Author :
Publish date : 2024-07-31 09:51:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
