R7 (Ecuador)
activegangOrigin: Esmeraldas, Ecuador · aka Banda R7
Notes
Esmeraldas-based gang that split from Los Choneros. Engaged in the 2023–2025 Ecuadorian port-zone war for control of cocaine container shipments out of Guayaquil and Esmeraldas. Linked to multiple prison massacres.
Primary activities
cocaineextortionport logisticscontract killings