Ecuadorian authorities announced the capture of the leader of the notorious Los Choneros drug gang after 18 months on the run following a prison break that unleashed a wave of violence across the Cent

Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to the country’s President Daniel Noboa.

Macías, also known by the alias "Fito", leads Los Choneros, a powerful criminal gang blamed for Ecuador's transformation from tourist haven to a country with horrendous murder rate