Ecuador transfers gang leader 'Fito', accused of threatening a presidential candidate before he was assassinated, to a maximum security prison
Gang boss "Fito" reportedly threatened presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a journalist and anti-corruption crusader.Ecuadorian Armed Forces entered Prison 8 in Guayaquil, where the head of the powerful Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was being held. / Photo: Reuters
At dawn on Saturday, some 4,000 heavily armed agents entered Prison 8 in Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador, where the head of the powerful Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, alias"Fito," was being held. The gang leader - who had been sentenced to 34 years in prison for organised crime, drug trafficking and murder - had controlled at least one cellblock in the prison from which he was removed.
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