US EditionPowerful Drug Kingpin 'Fito' Heads to US Court
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Ecuadorian drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, alias 'Fito', leader of the Los Choneros gang, declared himself "not guilty" on Monday of the seven charges charged by the U.S. justice in his first appearance in a court in New York, after being extradited from his home country.Read more]]>
As a mechanic and taxi driver, Adolfo Macías became the boss of one of the most powerful criminal gangs in Ecuador and a key figure in the expansion of transnational drug trafficking from South America. Born in Manta, on the central Ecuadorian coast, aka Fito, 45 years old, forged his ascent from the common underworld to becoming the best known mafia boss in the country, able to destabilize the political and social sphere with his extreme violen…
José Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, the feared leader of Los Choneros, appeared on Monday, July 21 before the East District Court of New York. He pleaded “not guilty” to the seven charges brought against him by the U.S. justice, all related to international drug and arms trafficking. Judge Vera M. Scanlon ordered his detention without the right to bail at the Brooklyn Municipal Detention Center, following the request of the Attorney General’s Office…
The leader of the criminal organization "Los Choneros" was presented at the East District Court in New York, where he faces seven charges
Vera M. Scanlon, judge in Brooklyn, is a key figure in U.S. transnational criminal justice
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