{"id":2651,"date":"2025-07-21T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defensanews.com\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:10:08","slug":"ecuador-entrega-a-alias-fito-a-ee-uu-fin-de-una-era-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defensanews.com\/en\/ecuador-hands-over-alias-fito-to-u-s-end-of-a-criminal-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador hands over alias Fito to U.S.: end of a criminal era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Los Choneros leader Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as \"Fito\", was finally extradited to the United States to face federal drug trafficking and arms trafficking charges.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an extensive criminal career marked by spectacular escapes, prison violence and links to international organized crime, the Ecuadorian government extradited one of the country's most feared criminals on July 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-operativo-de-alto-perfil-desde-la-roca-hasta-nueva-york\">A high-profile operation from The Rock to New York City<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The transfer was carried out from the maximum security prison La Roca, in Guayaquil, to the Jos\u00e9 Joaqu\u00edn de Olmedo airport, under special arrangements that included the Armed Forces and the National Police. A U.S. Department of Justice plane left with Mac\u00edas on board for Long Island, New York, where it landed on the night of July 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Court of Justice had authorized the process following the voluntary acceptance of Mac\u00edas himself, who appeared at a telematic hearing on July 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quien-es-alias-fito\">Who is alias Fito<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Manab\u00ed in 1979, \"Fito\" rose through the criminal ranks from his beginnings in Los Choneros, a criminal organization with a strong presence in drug trafficking, contract killings and extortion. After the murder of his predecessor \"Rasqui\u00f1a\" in 2020, he assumed absolute leadership of the gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From prison, he operated with high levels of impunity and maintained control of criminal activities, even after his escape from the Penitenciar\u00eda del Litoral in January 2024. This escape triggered a national security crisis and led the government to declare an \"internal armed conflict\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-535-dias-profugo\">535 days on the run<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After more than a year and a half in hiding, he was recaptured on June 25, 2025 in a subway bunker in Manta, during a military intelligence operation. Since then, he was relocated to La Roca and kept under strict surveillance until his extradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cargos-en-ee-uu-y-juicio-en-brooklyn\">U.S. Charges and Brooklyn Trial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Macias will face seven federal charges before a court in the Eastern District of New York, where he is accused of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on a large scale, arms trafficking and collaboration with organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel. The United States has guaranteed that he will not face the death penalty or life imprisonment without review, as required by the bilateral treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-caso-sin-precedentes\">An unprecedented case<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The delivery of alias Fito represents the <strong>first extradition of an Ecuadorian citizen to the U.S.<\/strong> since the 2023 constitutional amendment that allowed extraditions for felonies. He is expected to appear today in federal court in Brooklyn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El l\u00edder de Los Choneros, Adolfo Mac\u00edas Villamar, conocido como \u201cFito\u201d, fue finalmente extraditado a Estados Unidos para enfrentar cargos federales por narcotr\u00e1fico y tr\u00e1fico de armas. 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