Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts ...

Ecuadorian security forces captured the country’s most notorious criminal leader in a key—but mostly symbolic—win in its “war on gangs.” ...

Ecuadoran forces have revealed how they captured the country’s most-wanted man, drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías, more than a ...

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced after the capture that the Macías would be extradited to the US to face prosecution. He was indicted in New York City in April on charges of importing and ...

Police in Ecuador have recaptured the country’s most wanted fugitive, drug lord Adolfo Macías Villamar. Macías, also known by the alias “Fito”, is the leader of Los Choneros, a powerful criminal gang ...

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he ...