Jose Adolfo “Fito” Macias Villamar, 45, the notorious leader of the violent “Los Choneros” gang, held so much clout in his native country that the Ecuadorian government had to declare a state of emergency last year after his most recent escape sparked nationwide riots and violence. But Macias Villamar was recaptured and extradited to the US over the weekend and is now awaiting on a seven-count indictment in the Eastern District of New York, prosecutors said. “The defendant and his co-conspirators flooded the United States and other countries with drugs and used extreme measures of violence in their quest for power and control,” Eastern District US Attorney Joseph Nocella said in a statement.
Author: Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Published at: 2025-07-21 20:28:29
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