'Most-wanted' narco kingpin 'Fito' escapes Ecuador prison prompting national state of emergency

Ecuador has enforced a 60-day state of emergency after its “most-wanted” criminal disappeared from prison.

A manhunt is underway for gang kingpin Adolfo Macias Villamar, who vanished from a maximum-security wing over the weekend while serving a 34-year sentence for organised crime, drug trafficking and murder.

Soldiers have been mobilised on the streets and in prisons, while a nightly curfew has been brought in from 11pm to 5am. Ecuadorians’ right of assembly has also been suspended.

Macias, 44, is the leader of the feared Los Choneros gang, which is thought to have been behind a string of deadly riots inside Ecuador’s overcrowded prisons in recent months.

Los Choneros has been accused of controlling the country’s major jails – including La Regional, where Macias was being held.

One of Ecuador’s oldest gangs, it largely engages in drug trafficking and extortion, and is believed to have forged links with Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.

Macias, who goes by the alias “Fito”, was found to be missing by police conducting an inspection of his prison in the port city of Guayaquil on Sunday.

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[Alex-cswd]

He has since moved to America and changed his name to Alex Hormozi. He is using gyms and influencer profiles to launder the money.

[PastelPixeloid]

In 3 days he's in NY with the immigrants "starting a new life" 😂😂😂

[sitisarah]

Movie director : write that down write it down !!

[erichall]

If he's here, America will pamper him.

[IQ-XMEN]

Corruption. No wonder why I never want to go back there

[gigioecu]

100% extradition to U.S. (Guantanamo); U.S. command of all cartel eradication operations and Ecuador will be a first world country in South America. Colombians didn’t want it, but I think Ecuadorian’s will buy into it.

[wastedwarrior]

The Police 👮‍♂️ let Him Out
Corrupt Government!

[zeem]

This fool is the president and wearing a leather jacket....😂

[mr.president]

Support this president people... i trust this will come to pass after fito is cought

[debaterofeverythingpresent]

He is on bus going to New York speaking Samoan.

[avrilcrisp]

Poor Ralph Lauren, it's not a good advert for him.

[VictorMartinez-dvmd]

This is the way jail should be in the US

[kitcat]

So now they take a TV station, what do they want?

[princeoftruth]

Any producer here? make this to movie series please

[alaskansummertime]

Well his music video is not good. Although my cat came running when it played. Odd.

[Crouchy]

Hope they find him. Shared Chesterfield

[EliotGonzalez-xu]

Tienes que llamar a Bukele para que te de orientación..

[akhiukhty]

Semoga allah senantiasa memberikan kekuatan untuk militer ecuador. Allohu akbar
Ekuador bumi Allah

[TheGreenRacoon]

oh my god i thought that was juji mufu xd

[dekelpolak]

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