Ecuador’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin ‘Fito’ Captured: What Happens Next?
Jose Adolfo Macias, the leader of the Los Choneros gang, was captured after escaping from a Guayaquil prison in January 2024. Macias, known as “Fito,” was serving a 34-year sentence when he escaped, triggering widespread violence and prompting the declaration of an internal armed conflict by Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa. Following his escape, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned Macias and Los Choneros. Ecuador is now working to extradite him to the United States.
John Q. Hosedrinker