José Adolfo Macías Villamar — whose nickname is "Fito" — escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and is not in U.S. custody. In 2024, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on "Los Choneros." ...

The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two weeks in the Latin American country, the SNAI prison agency said.

Macías Villamar escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and is not in U.S. custody. "The defendant was a ruthless leader and prolific drug trafficker for a violent transnational criminal ...

As Ecuador battles the wave of violence narco-terrorist organizations have unleashed on the South American country, China is ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar — whose nickname is "Fito" — escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and is not in U.S. custody. In 2024, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on "Los Choneros." ...

The minister said firearms, explosives, and other weapons were found after police assault teams helped retake control of the prison. Gen. Fausto Salinas, the incoming police commander, told ...

Courtesy of The Catholic University of America By John Mazzella This is an independently submitted op-ed and does not reflect the views of The Tower. Situated between two of the largest cocaine ...

International human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that ...

Since 2023, Ecuador has been shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate, the prison killings of six men accused of murdering him and a security crackdown after several prison riots ...