Los Fatales, a gang allied to the Los Choneros organization, was dismantled this Friday morning, April 29, in northwest Guayaquil.
At least 18 houses were raided since 05:00 in the Pascuales and Nueva Prosperina districts. The gang operated in the Balerio Estacio sector; There he dedicated himself to micro-selling drugs, according to General Víctor Zárate, Police Commander of Zone 8 (Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón).
The National Anti-Crime Investigation Unit carried out the Operation Rescue Ecuador Victoria 27, which allowed fourteen arrests for the crimes of murder, drug trafficking, possession and carrying of firearms; This was indicated by Major Benjamín Molina, head of the UIAD in command of the operation.
Judge annuls the house arrest of alias ‘Júnior’, one of the leaders of Los Choneros
According to the Police, the leader of Los Fatales would be alias Frankwho brought the drug from Esmeraldas and gave the provisions to middle managers of the structure.
He explained that, according to what was investigated for months with the Prosecutor’s Office, Frank delivered the substance to alias Provider and aliases Leader.
They made microdoses for those who distribute the substance in Balerio Estacio.
The police spokesman maintained that some assassination attempts in recent years are related to this gang.
Among the signs raised are a revolver, six 22-caliber ammunition, a motorcycle, some cell phones, cash and 1,150 grams of a substance classified as subject to control.
At noon this Friday, the detainees were transferred to the Model Barracks prosecutor’s office to be presented to the prosecutor in flagrante delicto to legalize their detention.
Alias Júnior, one of the leaders of Los Choneros, will be able to leave jail to be transferred to his home; judge granted his request for ‘habeas corpus’
General Zárate hopes that they will be given preventive detention and that it will not happen like almost two years ago, when they dismantled Los Chone Killers: months later, prosecutor Luis Machado refrained from accusing them and they were all released.
That prosecutor Machado was dismissed almost a year later; however, the members of Los Chone Killers remained at large.
Every day, on average, the Police arrest 44 people in Zone 8 for different crimes. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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