Ecuador extradites alias "Fito" to the United States

Ecuadorean drug trafficking gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias "Fito" was extradited late Sunday to the United States. The head of the "Los Choneros" organization was considered one of the country's most notorious criminals, whose escape from jail in 2024 triggered a violence wave that forced President Daniel Noboa to declare an internal "armed conflict." Fito was recaptured on June 25.