"Having arrived in Mexico under a false name, Lobo Menor was transferred to Colombia on Wednesday, a necessary step before facing justice in Ecuador, whose Interior Minister John Reimberg explained that Aguilar was wanted for the 2023 murder of Fernando Villavicencio, then a presidential candidate."
"For some time now, at least a decade and a half, authorities in various countries in the region have pointed to the connection between Ecuadorian criminal gangs and Mexican cartels. The former channel cocaine produced in Colombia to Ecuadorian ports and then send it north, where the latter handle the final link in the logistics chain: its transport to the United States, the world's number one consumer."
"In the case of Los Lobos, one of Ecuador's most powerful gangs, the Trump administration has pointed to their likely ties to structures linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group with a presence in virtually every Mexican state, including the capital."
Mexico arrested Angel Esteban Aguilar, alias Lobo Menor, a leader of Los Lobos, an Ecuadorian criminal group designated as terrorist by the United States. Aguilar was wanted for the 2023 murder of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Captured in Mexico City's Polanco neighborhood under a false identity, he was transferred to Colombia before facing justice in Ecuador. Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed Aguilar's connections to Mexican cartels and FARC dissident groups. Los Lobos operates within established criminal networks spanning Ecuador, Mexico, and Colombia, channeling Colombian cocaine through Ecuadorian ports northward via Mexican cartels, particularly the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, to United States markets.
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