US EditionMexico arrests suspect wanted in the 2023 killing of Ecuadorian candidate and sends him to Colombia
Ángel Esteban Aguilar, leader of Los Lobos gang, was arrested in Mexico and extradited to Colombia to face charges for the August 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian candidate Villavicencio.
- On Wednesday, Colombian migration authorities intercepted Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, Ecuadorian national, at Bogotá's El Dorado Airport after arriving from Mexico and arrested him on charges including membership in Los Lobos.
- Ángel Aguilar is suspected of ordering the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, whose fatal shooting happened on Aug. 9, 2023 as he left a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador.
- Using intelligence from Colombia, authorities tracked Ángel Aguilar in Mexico City, where Mexican security authorities detected his entry from Medellin with a forged passport and arrested him without violence, subject to an Interpol Red Notice and parole in 2022 after a 20-year sentence.
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the arrest as a significant blow against transnational organized crime, saying, 'This outcome...confirms the efficacy of trilateral cooperation between Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico.' Ecuadorean Interior Minister John Reimberg also praised the operation and warned cartel leaders.
- With tensions high — including Noboa's tariffs starting March 1 — leaders framed the operation as crucial amid an escalating Colombia-Ecuador dispute after Petro accused Ecuador of border strikes.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro highlighted in X the police cooperation between Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico to catch the Ecuadorian, which he described as “a significant blow against transnational organized crime.”
Once Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales arrives in Ecuador, second in command of the Organized Crime Group (GDO) Los Lobos that maintains the alias of Lobo Menor, he will not only have to comply with the pre-trial detention order that weighs on him for the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Vilavicencio, but will also have to face the uprising of the pre-liberty that a judge of Cotopaxi decided in a case in which he was sentenced for stabbing …
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Mexico arrests suspect wanted in the 2023 killing of Ecuadorian candidate and sends him to Colombia
Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
Juan Carlos "N", alias "Lobo Menor", linked to the murder of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio of Ecuador, was arrested in Polanco, Mexico City, as a result of intelligence work and international cooperation between authorities of Mexico and Colombia. SSPC holder Omar García Harfuch reported that elements from the Secretariat of Marina, SSPC, SSC capitalina and INM participated in the operation. The detainee is identified as l…
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