Ecuador nabs wanted narco from neighboring Colombia

Ecuador Police arrested a wanted cocaine trafficker Carlos Arturo Landazuri Cortes from neighboring Colombia on Monday. He is the leader of the Oliver Sinisterra Front, a drug-dealing dissident group of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerillas. President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa said his government's crackdown on gang violence was starting to bear fruit.

Landazuri was captured after months of investigations and intelligence work, Ecuador's Police Chief said. The Colombian Prosecutor's Office lists the Oliver Sinisterra Front as key among transnational organizations dedicated to cocaine trafficking" to the United States and Europe from the southwest of the country.