In a prison riot, anything is bound to happen. According to reports, one drug lord known as ‘El Patron’ Norero got beheaded during a prison riot in Ecuador.
Vlad got the details;
According to reports, a wild prison riot broke out at the Cotopaxi No 1 prison in Latacunga (Ecuador) on Monday, and at some point during the melee, the crime boss known as Leandro “El Patron” Norero was beheaded. With ties to criminal organizations such as Los Tiguerones, Chone Killers, Los Lobos, and Lagartos, “El Patron” was one of the most influential drug lords in his country. His drug trafficking schemes reportedly involved politicians and a massive network that frequented the ports of Guayaquil and Machala.
The bloody beheading of “El Patron” was captured on camera, and it came just five months after the former crime boss was incarcerated for money laundering. Fifteen inmates were dismembered during the hellacious prison riot, and at the conclusion of the brawl the victim’s heads were displayed hanging from the prison’s front gate. Law enforcement attributed the prison riot to a dispute between gangs over drug trafficking territories.
Here is what is going to happen next to the gang.
After the death of Leandro Norero, alias the bossSeveral unofficial versions have been woven about the motive for his murder: that the attack in Latacunga was possibly directed at him, that it was a confrontation between members of the same gang, who were trying to silence him because of what he knows.
The incidents in the Latacunga prison left 16 dead and 43 injured between Monday and Tuesday. The authorities have only referred to outline that the issue goes through a dispute between criminal gangs.
The truth is that Norero’s death leaves open a series of questions in a key month for the processes that were being handled against him.
Within the court system, the pattern rregistered in this 2022 three open processes for illicit trafficking in firearms, money laundering and organization or financing for the production or illicit trafficking of substances scheduled for control.
After forensic analysis in Ambato, Police confirm the death of Leandro Norero
In the money laundering process, the call for the evaluative and preparatory trial hearing had already been set. Once the Prosecutor’s Office ordered the closing of the fiscal investigation, the hearing was set for October 13, at 09:30. And for the case of organization or financing for the illicit production or trafficking of substances scheduled for inspection, the judge had convened for October 3, at 10:30, the formulation of charges. In other words, the hearing was scheduled for the exact day of Norero’s death.
In these cases, Norero was not the only one involved. Two of his brothers, his wife and even his mother have been singled out. In addition, there is a group of companies where he was listed as a director and which are believed to have been created as a front for money laundering.
Dead Norero, what will happen with the judicial processes?
Leandro Norero, a former gang member who evaded authorities and set up a group of companies to apparently launder assets.
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