A Narco Chief Escapes Dressed as a Soldier From Ecuador’s Most Guarded Prison

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Federico Gómez Quintin, alias Fede, a narco boss with a history of murder, theft and illegal possession of weapons, fled last Friday through the main door of the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador's most violent prison, dressed in military uniform, in broad daylight and under the permissive gaze of a group of soldiers.

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The government of Ecuador offered, on Monday, June 23, a reward of one million dollars for information that would lead to the recapture of the alleged drug lord Rolando Federico Gómez, ‘El Fede’, after he escaped from a Guayaquil penitentiary disguised in military uniform to pass the checkpoints without obstacles. President Daniel Noboa designated the man colloquially known as Fede as a military target after his escape on Friday. His escape “was…

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The prison escape has become one of the recurring themes of cinema. John Sturges’s great escape; Alan Parker’s midnight express; Mikael Håfström’s escape plan, and even the dystopian THX 1138, by young George Lucas, often appear, along with the great escape from Alcatraz prison, starring Clint Eastwood, in 1979, among the most recommended titles. Ecuador’s drug trafficker Federico Gómez Quintín, alias Fede, would well be worth a film if it were …

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Ecuadornews: The Ecuadorian government offered reward of US1 million for information leading to the recapture of a drug lord

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In a dramatic escalation of the prison crisis in Ecuador, the Attorney General’s Office of the State filed formal charges against 22 persons—19 military personnel, two SNAI officers and one inmate—for their alleged involvement in facilitating the escape of the well-known criminal Rolando Federico Gómez Quinde, alias “Fede”, from the Litoral Penitentiary in