Quito, Nov 16, 2025 (AFP) - Ecuador's president says most-wanted gang leader captured

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2025-11-16

Ecuador's president announced on Sunday that the leader of the country's biggest drug-trafficking gang had been captured, just as voters began casting ballots on security-related measures. "Today we captured 'Pipo' Chavarria, the most-wanted criminal in the region and top leader of Los Lobos," President Daniel Noboa said on X. Noboa did not specify where the alleged drug kingpin was captured, but said Pipo had "faked his death, changed his identi......

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