Un ex capit\u00e1n del ej\u00e9rcito de Ecuador, acusado de dirigir una importante red de narcotr\u00e1fico con v\u00ednculos con el Cartel de Sinaloa de M\u00e9xico, ha sido capturado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Telmo Castro, descrito por el Ministro del Interior Jos\u00e9 Serrano como \u201c(\u2026) el narcotraficante m\u00e1s buscado, vinculado con la mayor\u00eda de casos que se han producido en el pa\u00eds\u201d, fue detenido en Ecuador el 7 de junio, despu\u00e9s de ocho meses de vigilancia y el descubrimiento de una avioneta, la cual se cree que ha sido utilizada para traficar drogas. Durante la captura, la polic\u00eda incaut\u00f3 300 kilos de droga y algunas granadas, inform\u00f3 el diario El Comercio.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n El avi\u00f3n fue el quinto en ser detectado desde mayo del a\u00f1o pasado, todos ellos vinculados a Castro y al Cartel de Sinaloa, inform\u00f3 el diario espa\u00f1ol El Mundo<\/a>. El primero, que se estrell\u00f3 en la provincia de Manab\u00ed, ten\u00eda US$1.400.000 a bordo. Seg\u00fan una fuente policial que habl\u00f3 con El Comercio, los pilotos eran personal de seguridad de los l\u00edderes del cartel mexicano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Castro est\u00e1 acusado de dirigir cargamentos de drogas desde los puertos en Manta y Jaramij\u00f3, en la provincia de Manab\u00ed, as\u00ed como de Puerto Bol\u00edvar en la provincia de El Oro, Guayaquil en la provincia de Guayas y las Islas Gal\u00e1pagos. \u00c9l fue arrestado en 2009, durante una operaci\u00f3n en la que se confiscaron 8,4 toneladas de droga. Fue condenado a dos a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n, pero negoci\u00f3 una reducci\u00f3n del 49 por ciento en su sentencia, inform\u00f3 El Comercio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Si bien el comercio de coca\u00edna de Ecuador ha estado tradicionalmente controlado por los grupos colombianos<\/a>, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os se ha visto un aumento en la participaci\u00f3n de los grupos mexicanos<\/a>, principalmente el Cartel de Sinaloa, como lo demuestran varias capturas<\/a>. Seg\u00fan fuentes policiales citadas por El Comercio, el Cartel de Sinaloa ha estado operando en Ecuador hace tres a\u00f1os, aunque informes previos <\/a>sugieren que podr\u00eda tener un historial m\u00e1s largo en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Se cree que la creciente presencia de organizaciones criminales internacionales fomenta el crecimiento de las industrias nacionales de drogas<\/a> y el lavado de dinero<\/a> en Ecuador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Un ex capit\u00e1n del ej\u00e9rcito de Ecuador, acusado de dirigir una importante red de narcotr\u00e1fico con v\u00ednculos con el Cartel de Sinaloa de M\u00e9xico, ha sido 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