BROOKLYN (CN) — After escaping from prison twice and facing extradition to the United States, the leader of what prosecutors ...

The notorious leader of the Ecuadorean gang “Los Choneros” has wreaked havoc in Central American for years — but now he’s locked up in the US.

Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was captured in June after escaping from a maximum security prison last year in a jailbreak that sparked a severe wave of gang violence.

The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, ...

José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar, the alleged leader of Los Choneros, will face drug and weapons charges in New York ...

José Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared gang Los Choneros, is the first local drug kingpin to be handed over. His trial is ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is “Fito,” appeared in federal court in Brooklyn a day after Ecuador extradited ...

Notorious gang leader has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face cocaine and weapons smuggling charges.

How a fugitive drug lord wanted by the U.S. was captured in his bunker A year and a half after his prison escape, José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar was found hiding in a secret basement in ...

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

Ecuadorian ports and one man's doings have reportedly dragged the country into the dark abyss of organised crime ...