The Ecuadorian National Police informed this Thursday. one shot in the municipality of El Triunfo, in the state of Guayas, at least five dead and numerous wounded, including Júnior Roldán, alias ‘JR’, leader of the Los Choneros gangHe got out of jail a month ago. According to the news of the newspaper ‘El Universo’, there are currently five injured, two of whom are police officers, while many of the dead may have been gunmen from Roldán’s escort.
Ecuadorian Interior Minister Juan Zapata confirmed that Police are in the town of El Triunfo to “protect citizens’ safety” and are carrying out “investigation activities to identify and find those responsible for clashes between criminal gangs”. “.
The National Comprehensive Care Service for Adults and Adolescent Offenders Deprived of Freedom (SNAI) also reported that it has activated security protocols in all prisons to ensure inmates’ safety and peace of mind.
Júnior Roldán, a known criminal
One of the leaders of the criminal gang Los Choneros, Roldán was arrested hours after his initial release in December 2022 and was finally released from prison on February 14, following a ‘habeas corpus’ appeal. According to the reports in the newspaper in question, General Fausto Salinas, the commander of the National Police, later warned that his release could “compound the hornet’s nest” in this power struggle between criminal organizations in the region.
Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso also spoke out against his release: “With deep anger and great concern I must inform you today and through a habeas corpus that the Ecuadorian justice system has released the largest and most dangerous criminal alias Junior”.