One of Ecuador's most wanted drug traffickers, accused of having close ties with Mexican drug cartels, was captured in a Colombian city close to the border between the two countries, police in Quito said on Thursday.
The criminal, an Ecuadorean identified as a high-ranking leader of the self-proclaimed Nueva Generacion Ecuador - Ecuador New Generation, in English - cartel was captured in the city of Pasto on Wednesday following 18 months of investigation and coordinated actions between Colombia and Ecuador, Ecuadorean police said.
"Wilder S. F. is considered a high value criminal with international connections in Ecuador, Colombia and Europe," Ecuador's police said in a statement.
