Mexico arrests suspect wanted in the 2023 killing of Ecuadorian candidate and sends him to Colombia
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Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A man who is wanted in Colombia and Ecuador for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito in 2023 was arrested in Mexico and transferred to Colombia, authorities said Wednesday.
Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, an Ecuadorian national, arrived in Bogota on Wednesday, where he was intercepted at El Dorado Airport by Colombia’s migration authorities. No details were immediately provided about his immigration status or whether he was formally extradited.
Aguilar, known as “Lobo Menor,” is one of the alleged ringleaders of the Ecuadorian criminal gang “Los Lobos” and one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives, subject to an Interpol Red Notice — a global alert used to locate fugitives worldwide.
Mexican officials said that Aguilar was detected by authorities the moment he entered the country, so he was placed under real-time surveillance. Subsequently, using intelligence provided by Colombia, authorities said they obtained information that allowed them to pinpoint his location in Mexico City.
The arrest in Mexico — which authorities said was carried out without the “use of violence” — resulted in Aguilar being placed in the custody of the National Migration Institute to determine his legal status within the country, security officials said, without specifying if he had been deported.
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