Who is ‘Fito’, the most dangerous ‘narco’ in Ecuador who escaped from prison?

2024-01-09 13:53:12

‘Issue’alias by which the most dangerous drug trafficker in Ecuador is known, can claim the achievement of having put in check to the State as a consequence of its recent prison escape. Adolfo Macías Villamar44 years old, has become the headache of the President Daniel Noboa just two months after the start of his mandate to the point that he has been forced to declare a state of emergency due to the threats to public security posed by the drug escape and the subsequent riots in prisons throughout the country, partially controlled by the offender.

Ecuador decrees a state of emergency after a series of prison riots and the escape of the main drug trafficker

Born in November 1979 in the Ecuadorian city of Mantathe first arrest of ‘Issue’ It occurred in 2000 after a robbery crime. The following decade served to increase the sophistication of his crimes until he was arrested again for drug trafficking y organized crime. A total of 14 crimes for which he was sentenced to 34 years in prison. The first 12, already completed.

He leads the ‘Los Choneros’ clan, one of the most violent prison gangs in the country, with a permanent presence in penitentiaries throughout the territory that, abroad, practices hitmen, extortion, smuggling and drug trafficking. In fact, ‘Los Choneros’ are considered an extension of the feared Mexican Sinaloa poster.

Ecuador’s most powerful drug trafficker, ‘Fito’, escapes from prison

Second escape

‘Fito’ was serving a 34-year prison sentence at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador, in a special wing that, however, he managed to avoid. But it is not the first time he has escaped from prison. Before, ‘Fito’ was imprisoned in the famous maximum security prison known as La Roca., and has already managed to escape along with 17 other prisoners. Captured weeks later, he returned to the prison from which he escaped again after remaining 12 years.

One of the main signs that the ‘Fito’ cartel controls the Guayaquil prison is the fact that the ‘narcocorrido’ ‘The lion’s corrido’performed by Mariachi Bravo and Queen Michelle, daughter of the criminal, has images recorded inside the center.