Its principles Colombia and his Equatorial (Ecuador) announced that they have dismantled a criminal organization responsible for the trafficking of up to five tons cocaine on a monthly basis to the US and European markets and arrested two brothers who allegedly headed it.

According to police authorities, the gang “Los Curva” (Los Curva) worked with the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, as well as gangs in the Balkans, and had revenues exceeding $2 billion annually thanks to drug trafficking.

After a year-long police operation, the police made an arrest two brothersColombian citizens Ader and Dayron Cuero, leaders of the gang, according to the authorities of the two countries.

Ader Cuero is wanted by US authorities for drug trafficking.

In 2023, six Colombian citizens and 22 Ecuadorian citizens had already been arrested as part of the investigation into this case.

Colombia is considered the country with the largest production of cocaine in the world. Drug trafficking provides funding to gangs, far-right paramilitary groups and far-left rebel organizations in the country.

“This operation stops the trafficking of five tons of cocaine on a monthly basis,” said the deputy director of the Colombian police, General Nicolas Zapata, during a press conference broadcast digitally live on Sunday.

The director of the drug enforcement agency of the Ecuadorian police, William Villaroel, explained that the gang used speedboats and vessels under the flag of Mexico to transport drugs into Mexican territory by sea.