Tag: Ecuador
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Ecuador court sentences five people for up to 34 years in candidate murder
A court in Ecuador on Friday handed down prison sentences of 12 years and 34 years for five people found guilty of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Prosecutors accused at least two of those tried of belonging to the Los Lobos crime gang, among 22 criminal gangs designated as terrorists by President Daniel Noboa in…
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U.S. sanctions powerful Ecuador crime gang Los Lobos and its leader “Pipo”
The United States has sanctioned Los Lobos, a powerful crime gang based in Ecuador with ties to violence across the country and drug trafficking in the surrounding region, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday. Sanctions were imposed on the trafficking organization and its leader, Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, who also goes by “Pipo,” the…
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Ecuadorian police stormed the Mexican embassy: What is known so far?
▪️Ecuadorian authorities detained former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas who had been sheltering in the Mexican Embassy in Quito. He was sentenced to six years in prison in December 2023 in a corruption case; ▪️The Mexican government will appeal to the UN International Court of Justice to condemn the actions of the Ecuadorian authorities, Mexican…
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