Ecuador arrests leader of the country's largest organized crime group.

On the 16th local time, Ecuadorian President Novoa announced that the country's most powerful and dangerous criminal organization "Los Lobos" top leader Wilmer Chavarria Balle had been arrested. "Pipo" had previously faked his own death, concealed his identity and hid in Europe, controlling violent crimes and drug trafficking activities in Ecuador. This time, Ecuador and Spain cooperated to capture "Pipo". It is reported that the members of the "Los Lobos" criminal group may exceed 8,000 people, often carry out extortion, kidnapping, murder and other criminal activities, and engage in transnational drug trafficking, posing a serious threat to national security. On September 8th this year, the United States designated the "Los Lobos" criminal group as a foreign terrorist organization.