Ecuador has extradited the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business to the United States ...

Ecuadorian criminal leader Villamar from Los Choneros was extradited and will face charges in Brooklyn Federal Court for drug ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar (‘Fito’) was recently extradited from Ecuador to the US to face sundry charges for leading the notorious ‘Los Choneros’ ga ...

The FARE act, which says that whoever enlisted a broker’s help would pay the fee, has had a mixed impact so far.

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 ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, 45, notorious South American drug lord who escaped prison twice and even recorded a music video ...

Former mechanic and taxi driver Adolfo Macias rose from a life of petty crime to the top of Ecuador's drug gang hierarchy, ...

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The notorious leader of the Ecuadorean gang “Los Choneros” has wreaked havoc in Central American for years — but now he’s locked up in the US.

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 and weapons ...