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Ecuadorian Drug Trafficker Wilmer 'Pipo' Chavarria 'Resurrects' in Spain and Is Arrested

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Wilmer Chavarria, known in the world of organised crime as "Pipo" and considered one of Ecuador's most wanted drug traffickers, was captured on Sunday in the city of
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Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barre, alias “Pipo”, pointed out by the Government of Ecuador as the most wanted criminal in the region and considered the leader of Los Lobos, was arrested this Sunday in Malaga, Spain. His capture puts an end to...

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Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, reported this Sunday that Wilmer Chavarría, aka “Pipo”, alleged leader of the Los Lobos cartel – the country’s largest and most powerful criminal gang – and one of the continent’s most wanted narcos, was arrested in Spain at the end of a joint operation between the National Police of both countries. The announcement occurred on the same day that Ecuadorians voted in a referendum that included measures that the …

·Chile
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This Sunday and in the middle of the vote, Noboa announced the arrest of the leader of one of Ecuador's main criminal organizations, while cabinet officials executed messages on social networks to incite the vote.

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The capture of Los Lobos leader Wilmer Chavarría Barré, alias ‘Pipo’, comes when the president seeks the endorsement of citizens to tighten anti-drug laws and allow the return of foreign military bases to the Andean country

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Ecuador's Minister of National Defense, Gian Carlo Loffredo, said that Wilmer Chavarría, 'Pipo', the top leader of the criminal gang Los Lobos, arrested on Sunday in Malaga (Spain), will be extradited to the country.And "probably" he will end up in the new maximum security prison with which Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, wants to replicate it the "Bukele model" installed in El Salvador by his president.Loffredo, in statements to journalists,…

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Infobae broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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