A video circulates through social networks that shows a person covering a tattoo with makeup.
The figure he is trying to hide is a crown and he camouflages it so well that it seems as if there was nothing but skin underneath.
However, upon removing the makeup, which is apparently a skin-colored foundation, the figure of a crown is revealed.
The crowns are linked to the Latin King gang.
Since the state of emergency declared by President Daniel Noboa began to take effect, an exhaustive control has been carried out in search of the members of those cataloged by the Government as terrorist groups.
According to the authorities, tattoos help to know which gang or terrorist group the person would belong to.
In recent weeks, skin engraving rooms have received several people looking to remove or cover their tattoos with a new one.
A source in the Manta Prosecutor’s Office indicated that with the resolution for the state of emergency, war was declared against 22 gangs, which are considered “terrorists” and, like in El Salvador, they are identified with tattoos that allude to them. to the group they belong to.
The members of these groups are covered in tattoos of lions, tigers, and wolves, as a form of loyalty to drug trafficking gangs to which they belong in Ecuador.
Ecuadorian gangs mark their bodies with ink in honor of organizations baptized with names such as Los Lobos, Las Águilas, Los Lagartos, Los Tiguerones or Los Choneros.