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Ecuadorian security forces have uncovered a two-story jail cell that satisfied the luxurious preferences of Álvaro 'Palanqueta' Montaño one of the high-ranking leader of Los Lobos.
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Soldiers inspecting a prison in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, discovered a pool along with a nightclub and cells that were outfitted with double beds.
Law enforcement officers in the Argentine province of Córdoba raided a residence in an exclusive country club and arrested the wife and children of Ecuadorean druglord Alfonso Macías, alias “Fito,” whose escape from jail earlier this month triggered a wave of unprecedented violence nationwide.
Once relatively stable, Ecuador has quickly become a failed state, highlighting the criminal failure of the insane ‘war on drugs’, writes Eddie Ford