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flag Colombia arrested Angel Aguilar, suspected mastermind of Ecuador’s 2023 presidential candidate assassination, linked to Los Lobos gang.

flag Colombia has arrested Angel Aguilar, an Ecuadoran national linked to the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was killed by gunmen outside a campaign rally in Quito. flag Aguilar, suspected of being the mastermind behind the attack and a high-ranking member of Ecuador’s Los Lobos drug gang, was detained at Bogotá’s airport after arriving from Mexico. flag Authorities allege he used his 2022 parole from a prior murder conviction to continue criminal activities. flag The arrest follows trilateral cooperation between Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, amid ongoing diplomatic tensions over border security and cross-border crime. flag In 2024, Ecuador sentenced five suspects to up to 34 years in prison, with a dozen others still on trial.

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