Notorious Ecuadorian drug kingpin Wilmer ‘Pipo’ Chavarria arrested in Spain 4 years after faking his death

Maria Simulescu

One of Ecuador’s most wanted drug traffickers was arrested in Spain on Sunday — four years after faking his own death from COVID-19 and allegedly controlling a drug trafficking group from afar, according to authorities. Wilmer Chavarria, also known as “Pipo,” was arrested in Malaga in a joint operation with Spanish and Ecuadorian police, Spain’s National Police posted on X. The alleged leader of the Los Lobos group was seen in an image released by the department being escorted to a patrol car

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