The leader of the infamous Ecuador gang of drugs who disappeared from the prison cell was charged in the US

A fugitive leader of violent Ecuadorian gang It relied on Hitmen, bribes and military weapons for the business was charged in New York, the accused in New York, was imported by thousands of pounds in the United States, authorities said on Wednesday.

José Adolfo Macías Villamar – whose nickname is “Fito” – led Los Choneros and her “network of drug and arms and weapon retailer” from at least 2020. years, said U.S. Lawyer John Durham UA Release News. Macías Villamar from Ecuador escaped from prison last year and is not in American custody.

“The accused was a reckless leader and fruitful drug traffickers for a violent transnational criminal organization,” he said.

With an extensive criminal complaint, including charges for murder and organized crime, Macías Villamar has cultivated cult status among members of the colleague gang and the public in their homeland. While behind the bars in 2023. He published a video referred to “Ecuador people” while armed men. He also thrown fun to prison, where he had access to everything, from drinks in the cube correction.

The Includes seventh indictment Open in Brooklyn accuses Macias Villamar and unidentified Suficant with international distribution of cocaine, conspiracy and weapons, including firearms from the United States.

Los Choneros hired people to buy firearms, components and ammunition in the United States and smuggle them in Ecuador, according to the indictment. Cocaine would pass to the United States with the help of Mexican cartels. Together groups are controlled by cocaine trafficking routes through Ecuador, violently targeting laws, politicians, lawyers and civilians standing on the road.

“Los Choneros operated a huge network responsible for the shipment and distribution of multi-tonal quantities of cocaine from South America through Central America and Mexico in the United States and elsewhere,” Indictment says. “The vast majority of drugs Los Choneros trade is imported into the United States, where the drugs spent.”

In January 2024. year, Macias Villamar was discovered out of his prison cell in Quito, Ecuador, where he supported a 34-year-old drug trafficking. The 60-day state in the emergency was declared after his escape, The BBC reported.

Last year American Treasury imposed sanctions Na gang Los Choneros as well as Macias Villamar.

Earlier this month, the Ecuador government announced that the reward for capturing Macias Villamar increased to $ 1 million.

Los Choneros is one in 20 Criminal gangs The “terrorist groups” of the Ecuadorian President of Daniela Nova, who led a war on gangs of drugs who were in a once a peaceful crime in a once quiet crime.

Nobous declared The state of emergency and arranged troops On the streets and prisons for violence, resulting in a slight decline in killing rates 2024. years from the previous year. The president took action last year after Gunman stormed and opened fire The TV studio and robbers were threatened by the random execution of civilians and security forces. Later the prosecutor explores the attack recorded dead.

Earlier this year the leader of one of Ecuador’s greatest unions, Los Lobos, was Arrested in his home In the coastal city of Portoviejo. The Now last year declared Los Lobos Be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador.