‘Fito’ extradited to US: Ecuador’s most wanted drug lord nabbed in hidden bunker
Ecuador extradites notorious drug kingpin Adolfo ‘Fito’ Macias to the US after his daring January prison escape triggered national crisis. Fito, leader of the deadly Los Choneros gang with ties to global cartels, now faces US charges of drug trafficking and weapons smuggling. Captured in June, he becomes the first Ecuadorian extradited under new law.