Tiguerones
Ecuador · Latin America + Caribbean region
Single-source report, not yet corroborated. <p><a href="https://insightcrime.org/ecuador-organized-crime-news/tiguerones/">Tiguerones</a></p>
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<p>Within just a few years, the Tiguerones have risen from obscurity to a position as one of Ecuador’s most dangerous and influential criminal organizations and an important link in the international cocaine trafficking supply chain.</p>
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