Ecuador captures seven Los Lobos “terrorists” with Peruvian dynamite in the city of Ibarra

The Police of Ecuador captured seven people – three of them foreigners – allegedly members of the ‘Los Lobos’ criminal gang, classified by the Ecuadorian Government as terrorists, and in whose possession were dynamite of Peruvian origin.

The capture took place on Wednesday night in the city of Ibarraafter alert received from the comprehensive emergency service 911 ECUindicated the Police in a statement in which it calls “terrorists” to the detainees.

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According to the police institution, the detainees were circulating on the road Urcuqui (province of Imbabura), in a van guarded by two motorbikes, when they were detained by the police, who discovered that they were transporting dynamite.

The Police presume that this material is related to a complaint in the Imbaya (Imbabura), where they found two vehicles with several explosives and gas cylinders.

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Those transporting vehicles containing detonating charges (dynamite), LPG tanks; which would be used as a car bomb and carry out terrorist attacks in the city of Ibarra, #Imbabura.… pic.twitter.com/WYu68Cz9FZ

— Ecuador Police (@PoliciaEcuador) January 11, 2024

“It was also possible to see, three meters away, two explosive charges, the first consisting of 13 high explosive cartridges of Peruvian origin“, detailed the editorial.

The cars mentioned were reported stolen in the cities of Machalaclose to the border with Peruis the capital Quito.

The arrest of the seven people occurred at a time of high tension in the country due to a series of attacks and actions perpetrated by organized crime gangs.

Kidnappings and attacks on police officers, explosions, burning vehicles, an armed attack on a television channel and riots in prisons where there are more than a hundred prison officers detained, occurred in an escalation of violence by organized crime from the beginning From this week. which left around eight people dead.

The shock and terror caused in Ecuadorian society by criminal groups comes at a time when the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, seeks to implement his plan to regain control of prisons, many of which are in the hands of these gangs. episodes declared “war” and classified them as “terrorists”.

Source: Elcomercio

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