arrest of “fito”, one of the most dangerous criminals in the country

In Ecuador. arrest “fito”, one most dangerous Nevertheless, the security forces arrested the drug trafficker on Wednesday 25 June «Out»One of the country’s most dangerous criminals since 2024, President Daniel Noboa announced. Meanwhile, He is also the subject of an extradition request from the New York Prosecutor’s Office which accuses him of arms. cocaine trafficking.

«Out»his real name Adolfo Macías, “Is in the hands of the security forces”wrote the president on X. He was arrested during a “Army operation” In Manta, a port city located some 350 kilometers southwest of Quito. The gang chief of « Choneros » had escaped in January 2024 from the penitentiary of Guayaquil (southwest). which had given the signal of a wave of unprecedented violence in the country, dozens of deaths.

Photographed with long shaggy hair. a prominent beard during a prison transfer, he has been serving since 2011 a 34 -year sentence of deprivation of freedom for organized crime, arrest “fito”, one most dangerous drug trafficking and murder. In the district of the Guayaquil penitentiary center. with murals to his glory and weapon drawings, dollars and lions, he was the chief, as evidenced by the videos which had shown him partying inside the prison with musicians and pyrotechnic machines.

Extradition to the United States – Arrest "fito", one most dangerous

The escape of «Out» had notably been followed by multiple mutinies in the prisons of Ecuador. scenes of violence triggered in the streets by the gangs. Mr. Noboa then declared the country in “Internal armed conflict” And deployed the army to neutralize around twenty criminal groups.

arrest “fito”, one most dangerous

The name of «Out» had not previously made the front page of the press months after the. assassination in August 2023 of one of the main candidates for the presidential election in Ecuador. Fernando Villavicencio. former journalist and parliamentarian shot down by a Colombian hitman, had reported shortly before his execution of death threats from the chief of the Choneros.

Mr. Noboa said he had started procedures to allow “Fito extradition to the United States”. The New York Prosecutor’s Office accuses her of arms and cocaine trafficking.