Footage shot in Ecuador shows cartel boss Manuel Julian Sevillano Bustamante, being buried along with a huge cache of weapons

Bustamante 39, believed to be the leader of ‘Los Fatales’, was shot dead on Sept. 13, at a carwash in Mocache, Ecuador, along with his 20-year-old daughter and a security guard

His underlings placed shotguns, rifles and a revolver in his coffin before the burial

They said they did this so he’d be ‘armed to the teeth’ in the afterlife 

Cartel boss Manuel Julian Sevillano Bustamante who was assassinated along with his daughter [photo], was buried with dozens of gun in an attempt to ‘protect himself in the afterlife,’ in the Los Rios, Ecuador

An Ecuador cartel boss was buried with dozens of gun in an attempt to ‘protect himself in the afterlife.’
Manuel Julian Sevillano Bustamante, aged 39, believed to be the leader of ‘Los Fatales’, was buried with a huge cache of weapons. 
Footage captured by an unnamed attendee shows the coffin adorned with an array of firearms, as His underlings stuffed his coffin with machine guns, shotguns and even a revolver so that he would be ‘armed to the teeth in the afterlife and could defend himself’. 

Drug cartel boss Manuel Julian Sevillano Bustamante, is buried with guns in Ecuador

As a finishing touch, somebody then added a hat to the deceased before closing the casket. 
It is understood that the leader of ‘Los Fatales’, which operates in the Los Rios region of Ecuador, died after being shot on the afternoon of September 13, at a carwash in Mocache, Ecuador, with his 20-year-old daughter and a security guard in tow. 

Stills from the footage shot in Ecuador show Manuel Julian Sevillano Bustamante, [photo], believed to be the leader of the ‘Los Fatales’ drug cartel was buried with a huge cache of weapons

Bustamante’s underlings stuffed his coffin with machine guns, shotguns and even a revolver so that he would be ‘armed to the teeth in the afterlife and could defend himself,’ topped off with placing a hat on his head

The drug trafficker’s daughter was also shot and later died in hospital.
Bustamante was caught out reportedly, after his assassins realized he regularly frequented one carwash. 
No one has claimed responsibility for the death of Bustamante and his daughter.
Authorities suspect that the attack could be the result of clashes between rival gangs in the lucrative world of drug trafficking.
According to local media, Los Fatales are in a war against the Los Cornejos cartel for control of the drug trade in the provinces of Manabi and Los Rios.
The investigation is ongoing.

The Los Fatales boss was shot dead on Sept. 13, while at this carwash in Mocache, Ecuador, along with his 20-year-old daughter and a security guard

Cartel violence has spiked in Ecuador.  The country saw 4,600 violent deaths in 2022, double the previous year, and it is set to break the record again with 3,568 violent deaths in the first half of 2023.
Earlier this year, three political killings, all of which were allegedly linked to cartel violence, rocked the country in less than four weeks. 
Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, an outspoken critic of organized crime and corruption was shot in broad daylight last month. 
His death followed the fatal July shooting of the city of Manta’s mayor, Agustín Intriago, 38, who had recently been re-elected for a term that began in May.
And just a week after Villavicencio died, local political organizer Pedro Briones died in a fatal shooting.