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The Criminal Underworlds of Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador Converge in the Murder of Fernando Villavicencio

Summary by El Pais
Mexico on Wednesday captured Ángel Esteban Aguilar, alias “Lobo Menor,” one of the leaders of the Ecuadorian criminal group Los Lobos, which was designated a terrorist organization by the United States in September. Having arrived in Mexico under a false name, Lobo Menor was transferred to Colombia on Wednesday, a necessary step before facing justice in Ecuador, whose Interior Minister John Reimberg explained that Aguilar was wanted for the 2023…

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Esteban Aguilar, alias the “Lobo Menor”, was admitted to the maximum security prison called the Encuentro Prison in Ecuador, after he was arrested in Mexico City (CDMX).The subject, accused of being the intellectual author of the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, first arrived in Colombia and hours later was taken to Guayaquil.It should be noted that the “Lobo Menor” is pointed out for various crimes for which, if convicte…

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Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, alias Lobo Menor, is already being held in the Encuentro Prison, in the province of Santa Elena, after his arrival in the country the night of the previous Thursday.

Through a letter sent by Ecuador’s prosecutor, Ana Hidalgo, to the Director General of Cooperation and International Affairs of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Spain, Stalin Sebastián Aguilar, Ecuador requested the authorities of that country not to provide the defense of drug traffickers Wilmer Chavarría, alias ‘Pipo’, the recording of the

Ecuadorean Interior Minister John Reimberg reported the arrival of Ángel Esteban Aguilar, alias 'Lobo Menor', in Guayaquil on Thursday night, after he was arrested in Mexico for his alleged connection with the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, in August 2023.

Quito, Ecuador. Ecuador’s maximum security prison, inspired by Nayib Bukele’s prison model in El Salvador, already hosts Esteban Aguilar (Lobo Menor), one of the leaders of the Ecuadorian criminal gang Los Lobos, arrested in Mexico with the help of Colombia. Confirmed details about the capture and transfer of Lobo Menor After arriving Thursday night in Guayaquil, from Bogotá, Lobo Menor was taken by helicopter to the so-called Cárcel del Encuent…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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