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☆ Cesar Suarez: Ecuadorean prosecutor investigating TV station attack has been assassinated, attorney general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Tara John | Abel Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An Ecuadorean prosecutor, who was reportedly leading an investigation into an attack on a local TV network, was assassinated on Wednesday in Guayaquil, according to Ecuador’s Attorney General Diana Salazar. Cesar Suarez was killed in the northern part of the city, known for being one of the most violent cities in the country. The TV station attack led Noboa to declare an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering security forces to “neutralize” several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence in the Latin American nation. Since then, Ecuadorian military and police have spread throughout the city of Guayaquil, a CNN team on the ground witnessed. This comes as rival criminal organizations fuel Ecuador’s worsening security situation in their battle to control drug trafficking routes.

Persons: Diana Salazar, Cesar Suarez, Salazar, Suarez, “, ” Salazar, ”, Daniel Noboa, Adolfo “ Fito ” Macias, Oliver, Noboa, “ Leo Organizations: CNN, Ecuavisa, TC Television, United, Ecuadorian, Ecuador’s Armed Forces Locations: Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuadorian, Ecuador, Fito, Mexico, United States, Sinaloa, Colombia, Los Tiguerones, Victoria del, “, Peru, Europe

☆ All prison staff held hostage by inmates in Ecuador now free, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —All prison guards and administrative employees held hostage by inmates at correctional facilities across Ecuador have now been freed, the national prisons agency said Saturday night. Earlier on Saturday it had said 133 guards and three administrative employees were still being held after at least 41 were released. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa welcomed the news and congratulated SNAI, the armed forces and the national police for securing their release. The agency had also reported an armed confrontation at a prison in the southern region of El Oro between inmates and members of the armed forces and the National Police. More than 3,000 police officers and members of the armed forces have been deployed to find him.

Persons: Daniel Noboa, SNAI, Jorge Rendon, ”, Rafael Correa, Adolfo “ Fito, Oliver, Fito, Fernando Villavicencio, Rodrigo Buendia, Villavicencio Organizations: CNN, Ecuadorian, National Police, Catholic, Security, Authorities, Getty Locations: Ecuador, Esmeraldas, El Oro, ”, Peru, Colombia, Guayaquil, Fito, Mexico, United States, Sinaloa, AFP, Quito

☆ How El Chapo’s Man in Chicago Became a Police Consultant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( José De Córdoba | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BILLINGS, Mont.—Margarito Flores has the jitters. Once one of the top kingpins in the U.S. for Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, he is starting a second career—teaching law-enforcement officers how to catch drug traffickers. Slight of build, with short cropped hair, Flores darted back and forth at the front of a stage. About 30 law-enforcement agents from Montana and nearby states leaned in and listened intently.

Persons: — Margarito Flores, Flores darted Locations: Mont, U.S, Sinaloa, Montana

“Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves,” the hurricane center said. “These rains will likely produce flash and urban flooding, along with possible mudslides in areas of higher terrain,” the National Hurricane Center warned. Tammy is expected to move near or over portions of the Leeward Islands – including Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda – through Saturday night, and then move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday. A storm surge of 1 to 3 feet is possible for parts of the Leeward Islands. Rainfall totals for the Leeward Islands are expected to be 4 to 8 inches, but could reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain sets up.

Persons: Norma, Cabo San, Cabo San Lucas –, Tammy –, San, Tammy, Michael Lowry, It’s, Phil Klotzbach, – Vince, Whitney – Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center, Barbuda –, Hurricanes, of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University . Hurricane, British, US, US Virgin Islands Locations: Atlantic, Mexico’s Baja California Sur, Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Leeward Islands, Baja California Sur, San Lucas, California Baja, Mexico’s Sinaloa, of California, Mexico, Leeward, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Barbuda, Puerto Rico, US Virgin

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A seventh man accused in the August assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate was killed inside a prison in Ecuador's capital, authorities said Saturday, a day after six others allegedly linked to the crime were slain in a different lockup. The killing of the seven suspects happened a little more than a week before Ecuador holds a presidential runoff election and as officials struggle to explain how this was possible. The prison system said in a press release that the man killed was being held at a prison in Quito, Ecuador’s capital. Six Colombian men charged in the Aug. 9 assassination of Fernando Villavicencio were killed Friday inside a prison in Guayaquil. He had reported being threatened by affiliates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the many international organized crime groups operating in Ecuador.

Persons: —, Fernando Villavicencio, Guillermo Lasso, Villavicencio, Luisa González, Daniel Noboa Organizations: Ecuadorian Locations: QUITO, Ecuador, Ecuador's, Quito, Ecuador’s, Guayaquil, Sinaloa

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against nine affiliates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug trafficking cartel, as well as the current leader of Colombia’s powerful Clan del Golfo criminal enterprise. The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated all 10 for their roles in drug trafficking, meaning any of their assets in the United States will be blocked and U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from dealing with any of their assets. The nine affiliates of the Sinaloa cartel follow a U.S. indictment unsealed in April that targeted a branch of the Sinaloa cartel run by the sons of former leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Mexico extradited one of those sons, Ovidio Guzmán López, earlier this month to the United States. “Today’s actions reinforce the United States’ whole of government approach to saving lives by disrupting illicit drug supply chains,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

Persons: del, Joaquín “, Ovidio Guzmán López, Antony Blinken, de Jesus Avila Villadiego, “ Chiquito, ”, U.S . Avila, Avila Organizations: MEXICO CITY, U.S . Treasury, Foreign Assets Control, Colombian, de, U.S ., Southern District of, of Locations: MEXICO, U.S, Sinaloa, United States, Guzmán, Mexico, Colombia, Bogota, Avila, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Eastern, of New York

☆ U.S. Indicts Four Sons of Imprisoned Drug Lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( José De Córdoba | Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel is largely responsible for the manufacture of fentanyl and its distribution in the U.S. The U.S. indicted several members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including four sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, for leading what U.S. officials say is the world’s most prolific fentanyl-trafficking operation. The indictments unsealed Friday came a day after Mexican cabinet members met in Washington with Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior U.S. officials to coordinate cross-border actions against the smuggling of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has led to tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the U.S.

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