2024-02-15 14:36:48
A strong security deployment was installed around the Simón Bolívar air base in Guayaquil to receive the drug trafficker’s family.
José Adolfo Macías, known as El Fito, is currently Ecuador’s most wanted criminalafter he escaped from the prison where he had been serving his sentence since 2011 for organized crime, drug trafficking and murder.
This, while from the Ministry of National Security of Argentina They informed CNN that Thursday night They arrested those they identified as the wife and children of the drug trafficker in a private neighborhood of Córdoba.
Thus, in an operation carried out jointly by the Federal Police and the Córdoba Police, they found the surprise that Not only his family was there.but also close friends, Possible members of Los Choneros.
The authorities took action on the matter and They were all expelled from the countrywhere for the moment, They are not accused of any crime..
In a press conference, the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrichconfirmed that the wife, children and other members of the El Fito clan They traveled to Argentina before he escaped from prison in Guayaquil.
In addition, the Minister of Security of Córdoba, Juan Pablo Quinterospointed out that they had already started their own investigation, because the presence of this family in a private neighborhood on the outskirts of the city had attracted attention.
“Today the Air Force plane has already landed in Ecuador and the drug dealer’s familywhich already had a series of causes in Ecuador, It is in Ecuadorian territory” Patricia Bullrich ended by announcing.
How was the arrival of El Fito’s family and friends to Ecuador?
The streets surrounding the Air Force base were closed to traffic minutes before landing the Fokker F-28 of the Argentine Air Force.
This way, a strong security deployment began around the Simón Bolívar air base in Guayaquil. Everything to receive the drug trafficker’s family.
From the air, two aircraft were flying in circles on both sides of the Guayaquil airfield to escort the landing of the Argentine plane.
To the journalists They were prevented from entering to avoid crowds and any suspicious activity.
This is how family and friends They were at the disposal of the Ecuadorian authorities: