José Adolfo Macías, who led a gang called "Los Choneros" in Ecuador, was captured in the Ecuadorian city of Manta, his ...

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

WATCH the moment Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive, a drug lord dubbed “The Lion”, is recaptured by police beneath a trap door.

President Daniel Noboa announces the end of a 17-month manhunt that exposed the vulnerability of the country’s security and ...

Jose Adolfo Macias, alias ‘Fito’, is due to be extradited to the US on drug trafficking and weapons smuggling charges.

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

Police in Ecuador have recaptured the country's most wanted fugitive, drug lord Adolfo Macías Villamar. Macías, also known by ...

Ecuadorian authorities announced the capture of the leader of the notorious Los Choneros drug gang after 18 months on the run ...

Drug lord Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias “Fito,” was Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive before his arrest on Wednesday, more ...

Ecuadorean authorities confirmed Wednesday that José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito,” leader of the “Los Choneros” drug ...

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

Macías, also known by the alias "Fito", leads Los Choneros, a powerful criminal gang blamed for Ecuador's transformation from tourist haven to a country with horrendous murder rate ...