Name: U.S. Treasury sanctions Ecuadorean crime gang Los Lobos and its leader-statement
Uploaded: 2024-06-06T11:00:36-04:00
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Description: (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Ecuadorean crime gang Los Lobos and its leader, the Treasury Department said in a statement. Los Lobos, led by Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, known by his alias Pipo, has emerged as Ecuador’s largest drug trafficking organization and contributes significantly to the violence gripping the country, […]

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U.S. Treasury sanctions Ecuadorean crime gang Los Lobos and its leader-statement

(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Ecuadorean crime gang Los Lobos and its leader, the Treasury Department said in a statement. Los Lobos, led by Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, known by his alias Pipo, has emerged as Ecuador’s largest drug trafficking organization and contributes significantly to the violence gripping the country, […]

Ecuador captures leader from Los Lobos gang

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean authorities on Saturday said they had captured a leader of a powerful gang, Los Lobos, which has been accused of involvement in the assassination of the country’s anti-corruption presidential candidate last August. Ecuador has been struggling to bring violence under control amid a 90-day state of emergency declared to tackle 22 […]