US EditionEcuador's Most Notorious Drug Lord Agrees to Be Extradited to U.S. Year After Dramatic Prison Escape
ECUADOR, JUL 12 – Adolfo Macias, alias Fito, faces US drug and weapons charges after a June recapture that ended 18 months of violent gang unrest in Ecuador, officials said.
- On July 11, 2025, Adolfo Macias, known as 'Fito' and Ecuador's most infamous drug lord, consented to extradition to the United States while attending a court hearing remotely from a secured detention facility in Guayaquil.
- Macias escaped from a maximum security prison in Guayaquil in January 2024, triggering widespread gang violence and government-military actions to restore order.
- He was recaptured in June 2025 in a massive police and military operation at a secret bunker in Manta, amid a $1 million government bounty for his capture.
- The Ecuadorian government announced that the country was experiencing an internal armed conflict and committed to extraditing Macias to the United States to face charges related to cocaine and weapons trafficking.
- Macias's extradition would mark the first enforced by Ecuador since the 2024 law allowing such transfers, reflecting intensified government efforts against organized crime gangs.
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Despite a spectacular escape from a high-security prison, the notorious criminal José Adolfo Macías Villamar was arrested. He is threatened with life imprisonment for his crimes, but he will not serve them in Ecuador.
Ecuador’s largest drug trafficker, Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, accepted “free and voluntary” extradition to the United States, where the prosecution accuses him of trafficking in cocaine and weapons, the national court reported.
🔊 Listen to this news The Ecuadorian government has confirmed that drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías Villamar, known as Fito, is under police and military protection at the Guayas 3 Detention Center, also known as La Roca. Authorities have also denied any transfer of the drug trafficker following his acceptance of extradition to the United States, where he faces seven drug trafficking-related charges. Information from SNAI The National Service…
The leader of Los Choneros, José Macías Villamar, alias "Fito," captured in Ecuador at the end of June, freely and voluntarily agreed this Friday to be extradited to the United States to stand trial on seven drug and arms trafficking charges, according to the Ecuadorian National Court of Justice. "The citizen requested for passive extradition, José Adolfo M.V., freely and voluntarily consented to be extradited to the United States of America dur…
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