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...At that point, Macías took control of the group....
...The nation was traumatised in August when centre-right presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated by gunmen ahead of November’s snap election....
...Fernando Carrión, a security expert with Flacso, says they have become more brutal in their displays of violence since 2017....
...Earlier this month, the transfer of jailed gang leader José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito”, to a maximum security prison in Guayaquil triggered unrest in the port city....
...In the port city of Guayaquil, protests broke out over the transfer of jailed gang leader Adolfo “Fito” Macías to a maximum-security prison last weekend....
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