Band 'Los Patones' denies the Police in Esmeraldas

The group denies information published in LA HORA about ‘Los Patones’ being linked to ‘Los Gánster’ and ‘Choneros’ against ‘Los Tiguerones’.

The violence in emeralds does not stop. According to him deputy commander of the Esmeraldas Police subzone, Germán León, so far in 2022, 44 culpable homicides have been registered in the province; 33 more murders than those recorded in the same period of 2021.

The National Police detailed that the protagonists of the violent deaths are members of the criminal groups ‘Los Choneros’, ‘Los Gánster’, ‘Los Patones’ and ‘Los Tiguerones’. Police investigations reveal that Choneros, Gangster and Patones are united to attack ‘The Tigers‘, because they consider that it is the group with the most active members in emeralds«, pointed out LA HORA this February 22, 2022, based on the information provided by the authorities.

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Member of ‘Los Patones’ spoke out

Without showing his face, a man first identified as a member of ‘The Ducks‘ and then as a “natural person” he denied that there are alliances with bands like ‘The Choneros‘, one of the most dangerous criminal structures in the country.

“Citizens have knowledge of who these people are who are doing these perversities here in the province of emeralds«, Said the man, to the digital medium Esmeraldas Channel online. He also assured that his family is the victim of threats and that in recent days his brother and nephew were murdered.

However, he noted that the band ‘The Tiguerones‘ is the one who would be committing crimes. “Here (emeralds) have that band submerged (tiguerones) to judges, prosecutors.

So much ‘The Tiguerones‘ What ‘The Choneros‘ are recognized as bands that dispute the control of prisons.

For Germán León, all the murders that have occurred in the province occur because people belong to, work for, or have refused tojoin any of the organizations. “But everything is linked to the expansion of territory and the sale of controlled substances. Also, the mourners do not file complaints for the crimes,” he maintained.

Consider that Citizens do not collaborate with the uniformed, especially in the neighborhoods where the violent acts occur, because they raise the dead, collect the evidence, clean the crime scene and even interrupt police work. (DLH)