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

Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and ...

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

Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to ...

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

Ecuador's president announced Wednesday that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito," had been ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The ...

José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” will be extradited to the U.S., where he is wanted on accusations of trafficking drugs ...

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts ...

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

Ecuador ‘s most wanted fugitive, a gang leader and drug-lord known as Fito, was captured after hiding out in a bunker underneath a house.

Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive, Jose 'Fito' Macias, leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, has been recaptured. President ...