Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced after the capture that the Macías would be extradited to the U.S. to face ...

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

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

How a fugitive drug lord wanted by the U.S. was captured in his bunker. A year and a half after his prison escape, José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar was found hiding in a secret basement in ...

"Fito" has an extensive criminal record including charges of murder and organised crime, and he was sentenced to 34 years behind bars in 2011. Image: A $1m reward was being offered for his capture.

How Ecuadorian narco mastermind Fito was found hiding in a secret chamber under his jailed girlfriend's house - as he faces extradition to the US. By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN and KEVIN ADJEI-DARKO .

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

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 ...