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Ecuador president says key gang leader recaptured in Colombia
- Rolando "Fede" Gomez, 39, a key leader of the Los Choneros gang in Ecuador, was recaptured in Medellin, Colombia after escaping from prison in June.
- Gomez was carrying false identity papers and is accused of seeking alliances with drug traffickers to expand his networks.
- Ecuador's president vowed to combat organized crime as the country has become one of the most dangerous in Latin America due to drug trafficking.
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Ecuador president says key gang leader recaptured in Colombia
The alleged leader of one of Ecuador's main gangs, who has a million-dollar bounty on his head since escaping prison in June, has been recaptured in Colombia, President Daniel Noboa announced Thursday.
Fede’, is the leader of Los Águilas, a faction of Los Choneros, the oldest criminal gang operating in Ecuador. Ecuadorian criminal leader Rolando Federico Gómez Quinde (‘Fede’) was returned to Ecuador this Saturday to be imprisoned again, after having been recaptured in Medellín after staying more than three months at large since his escape from the Litoral Penitentiary, the oldest, most populated and dangerous prison in the Andean country. ‘Fed…
Ecuadorean authorities announced Thursday the capture in Medellin, Colombia, of Rolando Federico Gómez Quinde, alias Fede, leader of a dangerous criminal gang that escaped months ago from a violent prison in the country, in alleged complicity with prison and military guards. “One hundred high-value targets are behind bars, including alias Fede, wrote Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in his X account, attaching a photo of the shirtless ringleade…
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