Los Pepes Gang Disbanded, Linked to Murders of a Family, a Candidate for Mayor and Prison Guides

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The Security Block, which is part of the Police and Armed Forces, disbanded the criminal group called Los Pepes, identified as the armed arm of the Los Lobos Organized Crime Group (GAO).

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The Minister of the Interior, John Reimberg, reported on an operation carried out this Thursday morning in five provinces of the country. After 15 months of investigation, the police carried out 26 raids in Manabí, Pichincha, Los Ríos, Azuay and Cotopaxi, which left 12 detainees. Those captured would be part of Los Pepes, an armed arm of Los Lobos, involved in at least 65 murders in Portoviejo, including that of a former candidate for mayor in 2…

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The authorities attribute to Los Pepes several violent events in Manab, such as the murder of a former candidate to the mayor of Portoviejo.

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Among those captured, the gang’s leader, aka “Trompudo Guillo”, is known as the gang leader, linked to at least 65 homicides. The post 12 detainees in operation are allegedly linked to the murder of the former candidate to the mayor’s office of Portoviejo José Miguel Mendoza appeared first on El Diario.