Ecuador's 'Most Wanted' Criminal Captured in Colombia

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Ecuador's 'Most Wanted' Criminal Captured in Colombia

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Wilder Emilio Sánchez Farfán, alias “Gato Farfán” or “Gato," was arrested on February 8 2023 in Pasto, Colombia in a joint operation between Ecuadorian and Colombian forces.

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Henry Shuldiner

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Gato Farfán is the alleged leader of the Ecuador New Generation Cartel (Cartel Nueva Generación Ecuador)
Authorities connected Gato Farfán to prison massacres and assassinations, including the 2020 murder of Jorge Luis Zambrano González, alias “Rasquiña,” the former leader of the Choneros, who was shot and killed in 2020.

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2023

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InSight Crime

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Criminal organizations

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Ecuadorian security crisis
Ecuadorian crises

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https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuadors-most-wanted-criminal-captured-in-colombia/

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Murder of Jorge Luis Zambrano "Rasquiña"

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Gato Farfán is the alleged leader of the Ecuador New Generation Cartel (Cartel Nueva Generación Ecuador)

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Authorities connected Gato Farfán to prison massacres and assassinations, including the 2020 murder of Jorge Luis Zambrano González, alias “Rasquiña,” the former leader of the Choneros, who was shot and killed in 2020.

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