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Watch as fugitive drug lord Fito ‘The Lion’ is found in trapdoor lair after daughter, 3, accidentally revealed hideout
WATCH the moment Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive, a drug lord dubbed “The Lion”, is recaptured by police beneath a trap door.
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The Fall of Fito: What It Means — and Doesn’t — for Ecuador’s Underworld
Ecuadorian security forces captured the country’s most notorious criminal leader in a key—but mostly symbolic—win in its “war on gangs.” ...
How authorities found a drug kingpin’s luxurious hideout in Ecuador
Ecuadoran forces have revealed how they captured the country’s most-wanted man, drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías, more than a ...
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Ecuador drug lord Fito captured in luxury mansion with underground bunker
Adolfo Macias Villamar, known across Latin America by the alias "Fito", was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday, ...
How a fugitive drug lord wanted by the U.S. was captured in his bunker
A year and a half after his prison escape, José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar was found hiding in a secret basement in the ...
Fito - Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive - found hiding under kitchen counter after a year on the run
"Fito" had cult status among the public and was known for throwing parties in prison, where he had access to alcohol and ...
Ecuador's most wanted drug lord recaptured after 18 months on the run
Ecuadorian authorities announced the capture of the leader of the notorious Los Choneros drug gang after 18 months on the run ...
José Adolfo Macías, drug trafficker wanted in U.S., recaptured in Ecuador more than a year after escape
José Adolfo Macías, who led a gang called "Los Choneros" in Ecuador, was captured in the Ecuadorian city of Manta, his ...