Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown after jailbreak

QUITO, Ecuador -- 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 Macías, alias...

Sentence of Ecuador's former VP labelled 'abhorrent' after dramatic embassy raid

An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after...

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 (161 miles) southwest of the capital of Quito. In a remarks to reporters Thursday,...

Ecuador’s most wanted Narco found cowering under kitchen counter

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A criminal who escaped from prison in late 2023 was found in an underground bunker only accessible through a kitchen counter....

Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children

(New York) – Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On...

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

QUITO, Ecuador — (AP) — 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 Macías,...

Asia is a hotbed of telco AI factories

A growing number of telcos are investing in ‘AI factory’ facilities in an effort to capitalise on the broad business potential of AI infrastructure, with Asia home to many of the operators that are adopting such strategies. That’s one of the key...

Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC

Over sixty former civil servants have released an open letter to the Supreme Court expressing fear at the outcome of the pending challenge to the FCAA 2023, stating that it is possible that this may possibly be compromised considering the conflict...

Ecuador’s Druglord ‘Fito’ Captured after Escape from Prison 18 Months Ago

After more than a year since his escape from prison in Ecuador, a fugitive drug trafficking criminal wanted by authorities in the Andean country and the United States was captured. Ecuador’s President, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that...

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in US more than a year after his prison escape

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José Adolfo Macías, alias...

Air Europa inaugurated its non-stop flights between Madrid and Quito at Mariscal Sucre Airport 

Air Europa will operate three weekly frequencies using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Passengers traveling from Quito to Madrid will save approximately two and a half hours on this non-stop journey. The Spanish airline Air Europa has launched its...

Ecuador Recaptures Most Wanted Gang Leader More Than 1 Year After He Escapes Prison

Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive and the alleged leader of the Los Choneros criminal group was recaptured after escaping from prison more than a year ago, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said on June 25. José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,”...

Ecuadorian president lays wreath at Monument to People's Heroes on Tian'anmen Square

Synagogue custodian detained by ICE, New Jersey mayor calls for his release

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents look over lists of names and their hearing times and locations inside the Federal Plaza courthouse before making arrests on June 27, 2025 in New York. Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP By Grace...

Ecuador recaptures drug kingpin wanted in United States

Ecuadorean authorities on Wednesday arrested notorious drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías Villamar more than a year after he escaped from prison. Police and military authorities caught the criminal known as Fito using enforcement powers and...

Ecuador’s most wanted drug lord captured hiding in bunker

Ecuador's most wanted fugitive, a gang leader and drug-lord known as Fito, was captured after hiding out in a bunker underneath a house. Fito, whose real name is Adolfo Macías Villamar, is the leader of Los Choneros, a criminal gang known for its...

Ecuador's most wanted drug lord captured in 'underground bunker'

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online ShareSave Adolfo Macías Villamar was taken to a maximum-security jail Police in Ecuador have recaptured the country's most wanted fugitive, drug lord Adolfo Macías Villamar. Macías, also...

Ecuador recaptures fugitive drug kingpin 'fito' after dramatic raid

Ecuadorian authorities have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” in a dramatic operation more than a year after his high-profile escape from prison. The leader of the notorious Los Choneros gang was arrested in...

Former Ecuadorian vice president detained in embassy raid gets 13 years in prison

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The former vice president of Ecuador who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico’s embassy in the South American country was sentenced Monday to 13 years in prison. Jorge Glas had been accused...

Ecuador announces UAE arrest of suspected guerrilla leader

Roberto Alvarez Vera is accused of orchestrating a deadly ambush in Ecuador’s Amazon region [Getty] Ecuador on Thursday announced the arrest in the United Arab Emirates of a leader of the dissident FARC guerrillas blamed for the deaths of 11...