Has the complaint from Michael Fitzpatrick, the US ambassador to Ecuador, begun to take shape? The diplomat said that national soccer teams “launder money” from corruption and drug trafficking.

“Their main men (corrupt and drug traffickers) are now even involved in the national passion: football, using some teams to wash their face and their money,” the North American said.

Corrupt figures are even in football teams, claims the US ambassador to Ecuador

On December 7, Fitzpatrick did not indicate which clubs in Serie A or B, the second division or the amateurs would receive this income from the mafia money.

The diplomat said this last Thursday, December 7, at a United Nations (UN) event held at the University of the Americas in Quito.

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Now, due to the case of Metastasis, which exposed people connected to the corruption network of the deceased drug trafficker Leandro Norero Tigua, it has become known that he has invested in a tournament team of the second category.

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In chats on the platform Threemdecrypted by the State Attorney’s Office from Norer’s phones, a conversation between the extinct boss and the user was found Dynamo about an alleged investment that a drug trafficker would make in a second-tier Ecuadorian team, which they call only “Orange”.

The prosecution identified the person Norero managed as Fabián C., who would be a former player who went through the training department of Barcelona Sporting Club. He is now a fugitive and would be 31 years old.

Conversation between Norer and Dinamo:

Dynamo: “And the orange? “One more game you lose, you won’t beat anyone.”

Norero: “They are sad, ha, ha, ha, ha.”

Dynamo: “Another game that they lost, both their debut and the bye. Next year.”

Norero: “My worst investment.”

Dynamo: “The second category is not easy. I’ve played it and it’s hard.”

Alias safe, As they knew Norero, along with other prisoners, they were killed on October 3, 2022 at the Cotopaxi Regional Center for Social Rehabilitation, known simply as Latacunga Prison.

The capo was one of the financiers of the dangerous criminal groups Los Lobos, Los Tiguerones and Los Choneros, according to the National Police. (D)