Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States

This wanted poster posted on X by Ecuador

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is "Fito," escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late June. In April, a U.S. Attorney indicted him in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States.

(Image credit: Ecuador's Ministry of Interior)