Ecuador recaptures fugitive drug kingpin 'fito' after dramatic raid

Ecuadorian authorities have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” in a dramatic operation more than a year after his high-profile escape from prison. The leader of the notorious Los Choneros gang was arrested in...

Ecuador's most wanted drug lord captured in 'underground bunker'

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online ShareSave Adolfo Macías Villamar was taken to a maximum-security jail Police in Ecuador have recaptured the country's most wanted fugitive, drug lord Adolfo Macías Villamar. Macías, also...

Ecuadorian president lays wreath at Monument to People's Heroes on Tian'anmen Square

Ecuador announces UAE arrest of suspected guerrilla leader

Roberto Alvarez Vera is accused of orchestrating a deadly ambush in Ecuador’s Amazon region [Getty] Ecuador on Thursday announced the arrest in the United Arab Emirates of a leader of the dissident FARC guerrillas blamed for the deaths of 11...

Xi meets with Ecuadorian Leader to discuss their bilateral ties

(MENAFN) Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in Beijing on Friday, marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Xi highlighted the steady progress in their partnership, noting...

Ecuador's top drug lord 'Fito' captured by authorities after escaping prison over a year ago

Ecuador's most wanted drug lord recaptured after 18 months on the run

Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar 'Fito' (C) arrives back in Guayaquil, Ecuador, under heavy armed guard on Wednesday after being recaptured 120 miles away in the port city of Manta. Photo by Maurico Torres/EPA June 26 (UPI) -- Ecuadorian authorities...

Ecuador’s most wanted man captured

By Ana María Cañizares and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to the country’s President Daniel Noboa. Macias, known as “Fito,” escaped...

Ecuador’s most wanted Drug Lord arrested

Ecuador’s most wanted fugitive, Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as Fito, has been re-arrested more than a year after he escaped from a maximum security prison. Fito, the leader of the notorious Los Choneros gang, was found in his hometown of Manta,...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader ‘Fito’ hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak

Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive found hiding under kitchen counter after a year on the run

Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive has been recaptured - more than a year after he escaped from a maximum-security prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito", led a gang called Los Choneros and was discovered in his hometown of Manta following a...

U.S. deports nearly 4,000 undocumented Ecuadorian migrants in H1 2025

QUITO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The United States deported 3,977 irregular Ecuadorian migrants in the first half of 2025, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The figure includes 38 Ecuadorians who arrived Monday in the southwestern coastal...

Ecuador's Most-wanted Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured

Ecuador's president announced Wednesday that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito," had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence. "We have done our part to proceed with...

Ecuador's most wanted gang leader captured

Ecuador's president announced that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito", had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence. "We have done our part to proceed with Fito's...

Ecuador's most-wanted gang leader Fito arrested — president

Ecuador's most wanted fugitive has been recaptured after escaping prison last year, the country's president announced on Wednesday. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito," was captured in Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa said, without disclosing...

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the U.S. more than a year after his prison escape

QUITO, Ecuador — A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José...

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his...

Interpol had issued an arrest warrant for Macias after hi s mysterious prison escape in early 2024 from the Guayaquil Regional Prison, where he was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking. Ecuadorian authorities have yet to explain how he...

Ecuador Recaptures Gang Leader “Fito” After Prison Escape Last Year

Ecuador’s Shift to a Narcotrafficking Hub Explained

As Ecuador grapples with increasing violence and instability, the recent escape of José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar from prison in early 2024 has sent shockwaves through the nation. Once considered a relatively peaceful nation in the region,...

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape (World)

Gonzalo Solano And Gabriela Molina, The Associated Press - Jun 25, 2025 / 6:21 pm | Story: 558294 Photo: The Canadian Press FILE - This wanted poster posted on X by Ecuador's Ministry of Interior, Jan. 9, 2024, shows Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, the...