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José Adolfo Macías, drug trafficker wanted in U.S., recaptured in Ecuador more than a year after escape
José Adolfo Macías, who led a gang called "Los Choneros" in Ecuador, was captured in the Ecuadorian city of Manta, his ...
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Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and ...
Ecuador Captures Gang Leader Whose Prison Escape Set Off Violence
José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” will be extradited to the U.S., where he is wanted on accusations of trafficking drugs ...
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China and Ecuador deepen bilateral ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa in Beijing Friday to strengthen bilateral ties, ...
Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak
Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts ...
InSight Crime2d
The Fall of Fito: What It Means — and Doesn’t — for Ecuador’s Underworld
Ecuadorian security forces captured the country’s most notorious criminal leader in a key—but mostly symbolic—win in its “war on gangs.” ...
China Daily2d
China, Ecuador to support each other's core interests
China "has always viewed and developed relations with Ecuador from a strategic and long-term perspective", and is willing to ...
Devdiscourse4d
Ecuador's Most-Wanted Fugitive Fito Recaptured
Jose Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," leader of Ecuador's Los Choneros criminal group, has been recaptured after escaping prison ...
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Ecuador Apologizes to Abused Abacaleros, Plantation Remains Silent
The Ecuadorian state delivered a public apology to a group of the abacaleros subjected to slave-like conditions at the ...