Ecuador Nabs Wanted Narco, President Says Crackdown Bearing Fruit

The army has sent troops and tanks to regain control of prisons which had become the criminal headquarters of the main gangs (Credit: AFP)

Ecuador on Monday announced the arrest of a wanted cocaine trafficker from neighboring Colombia, as President Daniel Noboa said his government's crackdown on gang violence was starting to bear fruit.

Carlos Arturo Landazuri Cortes, a "high-value target," was captured overnight after months of investigations and intelligence work, Ecuador's police chief Cesar Augusto Zapata said on X.