In a significant escalation in the U.S. campaign against narco-violence in Latin America, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced today that the United States has officially declared the Ecuadorian ...

Eight bodies have been found in plastic bags in a southwestern narco-trafficking hotspot, where eight people went missing on Sunday, Ecuadoran police said Wednesday. "It has been confirmed that there ...

DOWNTOWN — José Adolfo Macías Villamar, known as “Fito,” the alleged leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros transnational criminal organization, pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges in federal court ...

(CNN) — Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to the country’s President Daniel Noboa. Macias, known as “Fito,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drug trafficker Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, 'Fito', is guarded as he is moved, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 25, 2025 [Mauricio ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. José Adolfo Macías Villamar was found and arrested on Wednesday evening - Getty Images Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has ...

Ecuador's most notorious drug lord has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face cocaine and weapons smuggling charges, a court in Quito said Friday. Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was ...