{"id":3460,"date":"2026-01-28T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2026-01-28T23:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:30:58","slug":"asesinan-en-manta-a-hijo-de-leonardo-briones-alias-mexicano-excabecilla-de-los-lobos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/asesinan-en-manta-a-hijo-de-leonardo-briones-alias-mexicano-excabecilla-de-los-lobos\/","title":{"rendered":"Asesinan en Manta a hijo de Leonardo Briones, alias \u2018Mexicano\u2019, excabecilla de Los Lobos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">Este mi\u00e9rcoles<b>, 28 de enero,<\/b>\u00a0alrededor de las 14:00,\u00a0<b>Dante<\/b>, hijo de Flavio Briones Chiquito, alias\u00a0<i>Mexicano<\/i>, seg\u00fan una fuente policial, fue asesinado a tiros en la avenida Malec\u00f3n de\u00a0<b>Manta<\/b>, frente al muelle flotante y cerca de entidades bancarias. El hecho ocurri\u00f3 mientras se movilizaba en su veh\u00edculo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">La v\u00edctima de 17 a\u00f1os recibi\u00f3 m\u00faltiples impactos de bala dentro de un carro. La Polic\u00eda Nacional y Criminal\u00edstica recabaron indicios para esclarecer el caso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">El crimen se produce en medio de una ola de ataques en el distrito de Manta, una de las zonas de mayor violencia en Manab\u00ed, con al menos\u00a0<b>54 asesinatos\u00a0<\/b>registrados en lo que va del a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-element px-2 table m-auto pb-2 bg-white text-center border border-grey-100 text-xs\">\n<div id=\"ad-ampliada-dbcdaa49-content\">\n<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">El asesinato de Dante ocurre en medio de un contexto de violencia vinculada a estructuras delictivas. Su padre,\u00a0<b>Flavio Leonardo Briones Chiquito<\/b>, conocido como\u00a0<b>alias\u00a0<\/b><i><b>Mexicano<\/b><\/i>, fue asesinado el 16 de julio de 2025 en la v\u00eda entre Manta y San Mateo, junto con su esposa y dos custodios, hechos que desataron una serie de ataques armados en la ciudad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">Alias\u00a0<i>Mexicano<\/i>\u00a0fue identificado por las autoridades como cabeza de una organizaci\u00f3n con v\u00ednculos en rutas mar\u00edtimas de\u00a0<b>narcotr\u00e1fico<\/b> y estaba implicado en investigaciones por tr\u00e1fico de drogas y relaciones con distintos grupos armados en Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">Su muerte gener\u00f3 fracturas y reajustes en la violencia criminal en Manab\u00ed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-body grid md:grid lg:block prose prose-lg md:prose mx-auto space-y-3 font-primary\">\n<p class=\"prose-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links article\">El ataque contra Dante se suma a otros hechos violentos recientes en Manta y Montecristi, incluyendo m\u00faltiples homicidios. El pasado\u00a0<b>17 de enero<\/b>, su t\u00edo\u00a0<b>Orlando Briones<\/b>\u00a0fue asesinado en la calle 13 de Manta, mientras com\u00eda encebollado.\u00a0<b>(I)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Este mi\u00e9rcoles, 28 de enero,\u00a0alrededor de las 14:00,\u00a0Dante, hijo de Flavio Briones Chiquito, alias\u00a0Mexicano, seg\u00fan una fuente policial,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecuador"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY.avif",893,670,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY-768x576.jpg",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY.avif",640,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY.avif",893,670,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY.avif",893,670,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY.avif",893,670,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Machala 247","author_link":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/author\/danielmorocho\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/category\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a>","tag_info":"Ecuador","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ZC4WYUU7JZBEZFLBA6UQVLBZPY.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgQ5hh-TO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3462,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions\/3462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}