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Ecuadorian gait guide Fito is correct to the USA
Ecuador's most addicted drug boss, Jose "Fito" Macías, agrees with his delivery to the USA. He is under charge of drug and weapons smuggling. Further developments follow.
Ecuadorian gait guide Fito is correct to the USA
ecuador's best known drug boss is transferred to the United States. Jose Adolfo Macías, better known as "Fito", agreed on Friday from his delivery from Ecuador to the USA. There he is sought by the US Ministry of Justice for drug and weapons smuggling.
Extradition and legal defense
The leader of the criminal organization Los Choneros accepted his delivery during a hearing at the National Court of Justice. In an explanation of CNN, Alexei Schacht, Macías ’lawyer in the United States, expressed that his client approved on the advice of his Ecuadorian lawyer. "We are working hard to defend his rights and help him and his family," said Schacht. "Mr. Macías and his entire legal team do everything possible to achieve the best possible result for him."
chaos after escaping from prison
macías ’escape from prison in January 2024, Ecuador fell into chaos. Shortly after his outbreak, armed stormed a popular television station and took the crew as hostages during a live broadcast. The Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who came into office shortly before Macías ’, then declared a state of the" internal armed conflict "in Ecuador and declared Los Choneros and 21 other gangs into terrorist organizations.
luxurious conditions in prison
Macías is the last living founding member of the Los Choneros. Little is known about his life before he dipped into the criminal underworld. After over a decade in prison, he acquired the call as a gang money laundering expert. His escape in 2024 revealed that he enjoyed numerous amenities in prison. According to a report by the CNN partner Ecuavisa, he was invited to celebrations with fireworks for his birthday.
arrest in a bunker
Although he lived underground for about a year, Macía's last month was caught in an underground bunker near a villa in the province of Manabí. This villa was equipped with a home fitness studio, marble walls and a playroom. Monitoring flights over the property discovered an irregular field behind the house.
"They started to take out", the Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Reimberg recalled the scene. "When this happened, Fito was panicked, because if we had dug further, the roof of his bunker could have collapsed. At that moment he opened the hatch where the military was already waiting, and climbed out of the hiding place where he had hidden."
delivery to the USA
Soon after his arrest, Noboa announced that he intended to deliver Macías so that he can answer to American jurisdiction. This story continues to develop and is updated.