Beer-belly drug lord snapped shirtless in cuffs is Ecuador's most wanted criminal

An infamous drug lord Adolfo Macias has been snapped kneeling on the floor surrounded by cops while shirtless. Macias, also known as Fito, was recaptured by Ecuadorian security forces yesterday (June 25), after his daring escape from authorities in January …

Over 70 tons of inedible bananas from Ecuador destroyed in Ukraine

Between June 10 and 13, 2025, a shipment of fresh bananas from Ecuador weighing over 71 tons was destroyed in the control zone of the "Kyiv" Border Inspection Post. The reason: The fruit was deemed unfit for consumption according to Ukrainian …

En una lujosa casa que ocultaba un búnker capturaron a alias “Fito”. ¿Cómo localizaron al hombre más buscado de Ecuador?

Por Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español La Policía Nacional y las Fuerzas Armadas de Ecuador llevaban casi 18 meses intentando localizar a Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito”, quien se fugó de la Cárcel Regional de Guayaquil en enero de 2024 y se convirtió en el …

Ecuador's most-wanted gang leader Fito arrested — president

Ecuador's most wanted fugitive has been recaptured after escaping prison last year, the country's president announced on Wednesday. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito," was captured in Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa said, without …

Ecuador Reports Eight Yellow Fever Related Fatalities

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Health reported 10 confirmed fatal cases of yellow fever and eight related fatalities as of June 28, 2025. These patients were primarily from the provinces of Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe. …

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 known …

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 soldiers in an …

Ecuador Recaptures Gang Leader “Fito” After Prison Escape Last Year

Trapdoor to Justice: Ecuador’s Top Drug Lord Caught in Luxury Lair.

- Advertisement - Ecuador’s most wanted criminal, Adolfo Macías Villamar, has been caught and is now in Guayaquil’s top security prison, La Roca, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense has confirmed. He is better known by his nickname “Fito” leader of  Los …

In Ecuador’s Amazon, Big Oil exploits Indigenous communities in the absence of the state

Over the last 30 years, the three companies that have operated Block 10, an oil concession in the central Ecuadorian Amazon, have sought to divide local communities. They’ve also promoted practices intended to undermine residents’ autonomy, substituting …