
According to unearthed conversations between people who are suspected of being part of local criminal groups, Cherres was targeted by the Albanians because he had failed to repay a debt of millions of dollars.
On March 31, 2023, the Ecuadorian police confirmed the execution of Ruben Cherres, who was known to be an associate of the criminal group of Albanians involved in drug trafficking in the Latin American country.
Recently, the Ecuadorian media published an article where, based on some declassified wiretapping, it turns out that it was the Albanians who wanted to kill Ruben Cherres, whose name appeared in a case of property acquisition where the country's president, Guillermo Lasso, was also mentioned. .
According to unearthed conversations between people who are suspected of being part of local criminal groups, Cherres was targeted by the Albanians because he had failed to repay a debt of millions of dollars.
"Today the priest Saavedra took me and told me b****, you know that I have some friends everywhere and they took me on the phone to ask if we are going against the Albanians and I just told him "no what do you say!" . It's better not to be against them, the Albanians want to kill Ruben Cherres because he received a bill, I'm telling him, are you sure if the man asked for money, a few million dollars, he couldn't pay those millions and they want to kill him..." , says a January 2023 filing of a person identified as VM3.
In another conversation, two interlocutors claim that Cherres was a collaborator of an Albanian.
VM3: Godfather, seriously look at what can be done
VM1: I won't get involved
VM3: I'm not saying get involved, but let's talk to someone
VM1: No, no, I haven't browsed the day these guys protected dangerous people, mate, you know about Tonny, not your health…
VM3: Which one?
VM1: Pana the Albanian, is a partner of Cherres
In another conversation, they point out the suspected links between the Albanians and another accused, Leonardo Cortázar.
VM1: The problem now here is the kidnapping of Antonio and the bullets towards his house. This was Cortázar with the Albanians"
VM2: no that's what I say myself
VM1: because Cortazar is already with the Albanians, so he became dangerous like Salcedo, but once in prison he became a bad guy.
In addition to his suspected connection with the Albanian mafia, Cherres also appears alongside Danilo Carrera, the brother-in-law of President Lasso. Rubén Cherres and his friend Danilo Carrera were accused by the Prosecutor's Office of being leaders of the structure of corruption in public companies. In March 2023, Cherres was murdered at his holiday home in St Helena, along with his girlfriend, a friend and a security guard.
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