Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader ‘Fito’ hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak

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.

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