QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," is set to appear in U.S. federal court on Monday, where he will plead not guilty to international charges of drug ...

Ecuadorean gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, also known as "Fito," will plead not guilty when he appears in federal ...

An Ecuadorean gang leader who twice escaped from Central American prisons is now locked up in the US and facing a federal drug and gun trafficking indictment, prosecutors said Monday. Jose Adolfo ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is “Fito,” appeared in federal court in Brooklyn a day after Ecuador extradited ...

Notorious Ecuadoran drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," pleaded not guilty to narcotics charges in a US court Monday, a month after he was recaptured following a 2024 escape from a maximum ...

This is the story of alias “Fito,” one of Ecuador’s top crime bosses and the leader of the powerful criminal group, the Choneros.

QUITO, July 11 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito," on Friday accepted a court's request to be extradited to the United States to face drug and gun charges ...

This wanted poster posted on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 on X formerly known as Twitter, by Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior, shows José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros gang.

Escorted by soldiers and police officers, Adolfo “Fito” Macias, the leader of the Choneros gang, arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after getting detained, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.