QUITO: Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Adolfo Macias, alias “Fito.” It turned out the country’s most wanted man was hiding out at a family member’s mansion in his own hometown. Ecuadorian security forces recaptured the kingpin Wednesday at an underground bunker beneath a marble-walled house in the port city of Manta, some 260 kilometers southwest of the capital of Quito.

Era evaso nel 2024. Scovato in un bunker nella sua città natale

Le chef du gang des « Choneros » s’était évadé en janvier 2024 de la prison de Guayaquil, où il purgeait depuis 2011 une peine de 34 ans. Des mutineries et des émeutes avaient…