Ecuadorian Cartel Boss Fights Extradition in Spain, Accusing President Noboa of Assassination Plot

A notorious Ecuadorian drug lord, Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarría, told a Spanish court that extradition to Ecuador would be a death sentence and publicly accused Ecuador's president and interior minister of ordering the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio; his lawyers also alleged a broader conspiracy involving U.S. extradition requests. Captured in Málaga in November 2025 after years in hiding, Chavarría faces competing extradition requests from Ecuador and the United States, but the report contains no cyber-related content.