Tag: Alfonso Macías, "Fito"

• Monday, July 21st 2025 - 19:48 UTC

  Ecuador extradites alias “Fito” to the United States

  

  Ecuadorean drug trafficking gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito” was extradited late Sunday to the United States. The head of the “Los Choneros” organization was considered one of the country's most notorious criminals, whose escape from jail in 2024 triggered a violence wave that forced President Daniel Noboa to declare an internal “armed conflict.” Fito was recaptured on June 25.

• Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  Ecuadorean druglord family found in Argentina and deported back to Ecuador

  

  Law enforcement officers in the Argentine province of Córdoba raided a residence in an exclusive country club and arrested the wife and children of Ecuadorean druglord Alfonso Macías, alias “Fito,” whose escape from jail earlier this month triggered a wave of unprecedented violence nationwide.