Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to ...

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

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

Authorities in Ecuador have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,” more than a year ...

Adolfo Macias Villamar, known across Latin America by the alias "Fito", was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday, ...

Macías, also known by the alias "Fito", leads Los Choneros, a powerful criminal gang blamed for Ecuador's transformation from ...

The Ecuadorean president said José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito” and leader of the infamous Los Choneros criminal ...

A year and a half after his prison escape, José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar was found hiding in a secret basement in the ...

José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” will be extradited to the U.S., where he is wanted on accusations of trafficking drugs ...

"Fito" had cult status among the public and was known for throwing parties in prison, where he had access to alcohol and ...

Notorious drug lord, whose 2024 escape triggered widespread violence, was apprehended after a months-long manhunt.

Escorted by soldiers and policemen, Adolfo "Fito" Macias, the leader of the Choneros gang, arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after he was detained by police, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.