{"id":71093,"date":"2026-03-19T11:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fugitive-wanted-in-2023-assassination-of-ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-is-arrested-in-mexico\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:45:54","slug":"fugitive-wanted-in-2023-assassination-of-ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-is-arrested-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fugitive-wanted-in-2023-assassination-of-ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-is-arrested-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive wanted in 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate is arrested in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A man who is wanted in Colombia and Ecuador for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ecuador-assassination-presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-quito\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Fernando Villavicencio<\/a><\/span> in Quito in 2023 was arrested in Mexico and transferred to Colombia, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1ngel Esteban Aguilar Morales, an Ecuadorian national, arrived in Bogota on Wednesday, where he was intercepted at El Dorado Airport by Colombia&#8217;s migration authorities. No details were immediately provided about his immigration status or whether he was formally extradited.<\/p>\n<p>Aguilar, known as &#8220;Lobo Menor,&#8221; is one of the alleged ringleaders of the Ecuadorian criminal gang &#8220;Los Lobos&#8221; (The Wolves) and one of the country&#8217;s most-wanted fugitives, subject to an Interpol Red Notice &#8211; a global alert used to locate fugitives worldwide. In September, Los Lobos was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rubio-us-designating-ecuador-gangs-foreign-terrorist-groups\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">designated a terrorist organization<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OHarfuch\/status\/2034304870761853105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted an imag<\/a>e of Aguilar on X after the arrest.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/89b67ac4-8361-4a41-9019-d8fd8c1081e2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/67efdd981a36380a61877ec27852ffed\/2026-03-18t201013z-32023283-rc227kanlzf8-rtrmadp-3-mexico-security.jpg#\" alt=\"Leader of Ecuador's Los Lobos crime group arrested in Mexico City \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/89b67ac4-8361-4a41-9019-d8fd8c1081e2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/67efdd981a36380a61877ec27852ffed\/2026-03-18t201013z-32023283-rc227kanlzf8-rtrmadp-3-mexico-security.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/19\/89b67ac4-8361-4a41-9019-d8fd8c1081e2\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/6fff5a64f94b421f3c3e19667716ade0\/2026-03-18t201013z-32023283-rc227kanlzf8-rtrmadp-3-mexico-security.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Colombian police officers escort a man identified as Angel Esteban Aguilar, a leader of Ecuador&#8217;s Los Lobos crime group, after his arrest, who is wanted in connection with the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, at the international airport El Dorado in Bogota, Colombia, March 18, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Colombian Migration\/Handout via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The arrest in Mexico &#8211; which authorities said was carried out without the &#8220;use of violence&#8221; &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The individual was attempting to evade immigration controls by using a false identity as a Colombian citizen,&#8221; the Colombian migration agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2024, Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with Ecuador following a military raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito. The operation targeted former Vice President Jorge Glas, a corruption suspect who had been seeking asylum there since late 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Colombia&#8217;s foreign ministry and Colombia&#8217;s migration agency didn&#8217;t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Colombian police, Aguilar had reportedly entered Mexico from Medellin, Colombia, using a forged passport with the &#8220;express purpose of strengthening criminal networks in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On X, Colombian President <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/2034421679372333366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gustavo Petro<\/a> highlighted the police cooperation between Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, hailing it as &#8220;a significant blow against transnational organized crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Ecuadorian Attorney General&#8217;s Office presented new evidence seeking to formally link three individuals &#8211; including Aguilar &#8211; to the Villavicencio case. These individuals allegedly played a logistical and operational role in the killing on Aug. 9, 2023, when the then presidential candidate was leaving a political rally in the northern sector of the capital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/08\/10\/e75b0992-d799-499a-89b5-8912bf41ca18\/thumbnail\/620x413\/09e45725932512c1d7884cebfa7edb1c\/gettyimages-1584853437.jpg#\" alt=\"ECUADOR-ELECTION-CANDIDATE-VILLAVICENCIO \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/08\/10\/e75b0992-d799-499a-89b5-8912bf41ca18\/thumbnail\/620x413\/09e45725932512c1d7884cebfa7edb1c\/gettyimages-1584853437.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/08\/10\/e75b0992-d799-499a-89b5-8912bf41ca18\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/343d895f5a8a9c6a28b07dbf1d47f206\/gettyimages-1584853437.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Fernando Villavicencio speaks to journalists upon his arrival at the Attorney General&#8217;s Office in Quito on August 8, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                RODRIGO BUENDIA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the Villavicencio case, the police indicated that &#8220;Lobo Menor&#8221; allegedly has ties to Mexican cartels and to N\u00e9stor Gregorio Vera, known as Iv\u00e1n Mordisco &#8211; the leader of a dissident faction of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group, whose members didn&#8217;t adhere to a peace agreement signed with Colombia&#8217;s government in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, another leader of Los Lobos was arrested at his home in the coastal city of Portoviejo. Carlos D, widely known by his alias &#8220;El Chino,&#8221; was the second-in-command of Los Lobos\u00a0 and &#8220;considered a high-value target,&#8221; the armed forces said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-powerful-ecuador-crime-gang-los-lobos-leader-pipo\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">United States declared Los Lobos<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador. While announcing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sanctions<\/a>\u00a0against Los Lobos, U.S. officials said the gang &#8220;contributes significantly to the violence gripping the country&#8221; and its network includes thousands of members backed by Mexico&#8217;s Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generaci\u00f3n \u2014 New Generation \u2014 and Sinaloa Cartel, which makes the gang particularly dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pool-hall-mass-shooting-ecuador-deaths-latest-massacre\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">gang violence<\/a><\/span>\u00a0continues unabated in Ecuador following the recapture in June 2025 of the country&#8217;s biggest drug lord,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jose-adolfo-macias-fito-recaptured-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Adolfo Mac\u00edas<\/a><\/span>, who leads the Los Choneros gang, after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024. In July 2025, the Ecuadoran government\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-lord-fito-extradited-us-from-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">extradited Macias<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to the United States, where he faces multiple drug trafficking and firearms\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edny\/pr\/jose-adolfo-fito-macias-villamar-leader-los-choneros-transnational-criminal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Agence  France-Presse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 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