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| Founded | Ecuador, Loja |
|---|---|
| Founder | Muchas Candejas Rivero |
| Years active | 1990s-present[1][2] |
| Territory | South America, North America, Ecuador, Loja, Miami, Mexico, Colombia, Las Payasadas, Spain, Philadelphia, Los Santos |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic |
| Membership | 450-700[3] (2002) |
| Leader(s) | Rogerlos Candejas Sondoval, Frederico Candejas Rivero, Murillo "Rossy" de Rosario |
| Activities | Drug Trafficking, Arms Trafficking, Murdering, Extortion, Money Laundering, Legitimate Buisness[4] |
| Allies | Logan Heights Gang[5] Tijuana Cartel[6] Gangster Disciple Nation[7] Zoe Pound |
| Rivals | Irish Mob American Mob[8] Cali Cartel |
The Loja Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de Loja) is a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) formed by the Candejas family and based in Loja, Ecuador. Muchas Candejas Rivero founder of the Loja Cartel, is the father of Rogerlos Candejas Rivero. Running business in several countries such as America, San Andreas, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Spain. They built partnerships with rich people in the city, to launder money from drug selling.[9]
Early 2001 to 2003 was the peak of the Candejas family's heroin business empire. In that year the price of heroin increased drastically Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and Miami lost their largest suppliers (the collapse of the Cali Cartel and Madellín Cartel).[10] Muchas Candejas Rivero controls almost 60% of the market, especially the market in North America & South America. Loja Cartel's selling turnover over the last 3 years has reached tens of millions of dollars.
History
[edit]Muchas Candejas Rivero is Lucas "Don Ramí" Candejas Ramírez's cousin and business partner. Before establishing a drug empire in Ecuador, the two were originally a group of thieves, extortionists and murderers. Since they were 19 years old, Muchas and Don Ramí have been recorded committing many crimes, including stealing, using firearms, and even distributing drugs. The pressure of the poverty line that occurred in South America, especially Ecuador, that year forced them to do everything they could to earn money. According to Don Ramí's testimony, Muchas had great ambitions to become the richest man in America at any cost. Until the end of the 1980s, a new organization emerged in the southern region of Loja, Ecuador called "Candejas Crew". They spread terror among the police who were troubled by "corruption", Don Ramí openly admitted that he and several of his colleagues, including Muchas, killed several policemen they marked and then hanged them or threw them carelessly on the street. In court, Don Ramí only argued that they did all this just to forget their feelings of disappointment and resentment towards the country, but he also added that all these crazy ideas were based on Muchas Candejas Rivero.
They carried out this crazy terror for almost 5 years, before finally the big Colombian kingpin fell in 1993, the Madellín Cartel. Knowing that the opportunity was so great, Muchas became crazy about smuggling marijuana seeds from central Europe through a German man named Thomas Raymond Vasquez. Just as crazy as Muchas, Raymond brought goods from Germany to Ecuador using a private plane. It seemed impossible, but it was easy because he was a pilot who had an official permit, so carrying several kilograms of marijuana seeds was not difficult, especially since air safety at that time was still very minimal and received little attention.
It is true that this was a big opportunity for Candejas, in 2003 Muchas Candejas Rivero succeeded in dominating the heroin market in America, especially Miami, Mexico and Ecuador. However, unfortunately in mid-2004, Thomas Raymond Vasquez had a plane crash while bringing money home from Muchas, so Muchas temporarily lost someone he could rely on for smuggling. Not even 2 weeks after Raymond's death, Muchas immediately flew to Mexico to collaborate with Enedina Arellano Felix or the leader of the Tijuana Cartel. Previously they had a good relationship but there was no cooperation before Muchas finally learned that marijuana seeds grew well in Mexican soil. Muchas offered to collaborate with Enedina, he wanted several drug laboratories belonging to the Tijuana Cartel and Muchas would provide connections and territory for the Tijuana Cartel to sell drugs in America, especially Miami.
The fall of Candejas
[edit]At the end of 2008, agent Parejo Martinez was assigned by the D.E.A (Drugs Enforcement Administration) to monitor the activities of the Candejas family, especially their very suspicious financial activities. agent Martinez flew to Ecuador in November, not alone with agent Lago, to monitor the activities of the Candejas family, especially Muchas Candejas Rivero. November 27, 2008 Martinez and Lago begin their investigation, starting by visiting local bars around Loja and interrogating several people who look suspicious. Martinez's efforts were not in vain, on December 18 2008 he interrogated a man who was under the influence of drugs, Jeremy "Remmy" Black, an illegal immigrant from England. By threatening to kill, Agent Lago managed to get information from Remmy that Muchas Candejas was distributing drugs through Miami to Madrid, Spain using illegal immigrants.
Not until 3 months after agents Martinez and Lago investigated the Candejas family, Muchas Candejas Rivero was found dead in the Tijuana, Mexico with 6 bullets lodged in his body, 1 of which lodged in the head. With these facts, the D.E.A leadership suggested that Agent Martinez and agent Lago return to America. However, both of them refused and planned to conduct an independent investigation. With suspicions that Lucas "Don Ramí" Ramírez Merreira was involved in the case they investigated previously. This allegation was strengthened by the confession of a spy, Ricardo Perez (Jhonny Richard), who found Don Ramí close to Muchas several times. May 3, 2009 Agent Martinez successfully arrests Don Ramí at Francisco de Orellana Airport, Ecuador as he tries to flee abroad. With all the evidence and direct confessions from Don Ramí, he was tried in Washington DC, United States with a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.[10]
Loja Cartel
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