"Over at the (Litoral) Penitentiary, the guard charges you. Gangs also ring in extra cash by renting out cells and mattresses to prisoners. They also operate food stands, which have practically replaced the jail's commissary. The gangs also run a loanshark program in each pavilion, lending out anywhere between $5,000 to $50,000 that draws 30 percent to 100 percent in fees, with guards and the police receiving 10 percent in kickback payments. Inmates on average pay guards $300 to smuggle phones and $30 a week to use routers for internet service. The Lobos, who are led by Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barre from the prison, and a sixth faction led by a gang member known as Samir, each control one.Īccording to Macías Villamar, who is serving a 30-year murder sentence at the Guayas Regional Jail, the criminal groups operate at will by bribing prison guards and police officers with $80 to $100 a day.īy having the guards and cops on their side, the gangs can smuggle cellphones, drugs, grenades, guns and rifles that allows each pavilion to operate at free will and in turn generate up $200,000 a month or $280 million a year that is split between both law enforcement and the criminal network leaders, La Posta reported. The Tiguerones, who are led by William Joffre Alcívar Bautista and tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, control a pavilion and are considered Los Choneros's main rival. Alcívar Bautista reportedly ordered an unsuccessful hit against Macías Villamar in February.Īntonio Benjamín Camacho Pacheco's gang, the Chone Killers, are a close ally of Los Choneros and run their own pavilion. The Latin Kings criminal network, led by Carlos Manuel Macías Saverio, operates two pavilions. He was accused by the Department of Justice of trafficking 250 tons of cocaine between 20. Macías Villamar and Roldán Paredes have shared the gang's leadership since 2018 extradition of Edison Prado, also known at the 'Pablo Escobar of Ecuador,' to the United States. Under José Adolfo 'Fito' Macías Villamar and Alexander 'Junior' Roldán Paredes, Los Choneros, a faction linked to Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's old Sinaloa Cartel, has a stronghold over five pavilions at the Guayaquil jail, which is located about 260 miles from the capital, Quito. While the Guayas Regional Jail is under the total control of Los Choneros, the prison atmosphere at the Litoral Penitentiary is a bit more complex, where six gangs have a say over the day-to-day lives of an entire inmate population spread out across 12 pavilions, according to a report by Ecuadorian digital news outlet La Posta.Įcuador 's Attorney General’s Office told that an investigation is ongoing into the recent events that have taken place at the prison, but declined to comment specifically on the allegations related to La Posta's report.
The Guayaquil Penitentiary Complex is overrun by six ruthless gangs that have been able to exert their influence over the Guayas Regional Jail and the Litoral Penitentiary, where a turf war erupted the morning of September 28, leaving 118 prisoners dead. The leaders of some of the most powerful gangs in Ecuador have opened up on how their organizations and rivals are able to hold on to power inside the prison that was the site of the deadliest riot in the country's history last month.
José Adolfo 'Fito' Macías Villamar, one of the gang's two leaders, said gangs pay prison guards and cops $80 to $100 per day.Los Choneros, a gang with ties to Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel, controls five of the jail's 12 pavilions.The complex's Litoral Penitentiary was the site of the deadliest riot in the country's history when 118 prisoners were killed on September 28.Ecuadorian digital news outlet La Posta visited the Guayaquil Penitentiary Complex where gang leaders explained who they run the center's two jails.Gang members linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel run Ecuadorian prison - and generate $280 million by smuggling in cellphones, drugs and firearms after bribing guards and cops
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