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Ecuador Recaptures Most Wanted Gang Leader More Than 1 Year After He Escapes Prison
The Epoch Times
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June 26, 2025
Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive and the alleged leader of the Los Choneros criminal group was recaptured after escaping from prison more than a year ago, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said on June 25. José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,”...
Ecuador recaptures drug kingpin wanted in United States
World - North Carolina
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June 26, 2025
Ecuadorean authorities on Wednesday arrested notorious drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías Villamar more than a year after he escaped from prison. Police and military authorities caught the criminal known as Fito using enforcement powers and...
Federal government extends MDA Space Ltd.’s contract
Canadian Manufacturing
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June 30, 2025
MDA Space utilizes Maritime Insights, a satellite information service that enables nations to monitor the activity in and around their maritime economic zones, to deliver maritime services to DFO's Dark Vessel Detection program. BRAMPTON — MDA...
News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal? By Hannah Feuer 5 min read
Forward
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June 30, 2025
Eric Orwoll is co-founder of Return to the Land, which is establishing a segregated community in Arkansas. Courtesy of screenshot from Eric Orwoll Return to the Land video By Hannah Feuer June 30, 2025 Nearly 60 years after the United States...
Ecuador’s most wanted drug lord captured hiding in bunker
The Gazette - Colorado
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Ecuador's most wanted fugitive, a gang leader and drug-lord known as Fito, was captured after hiding out in a bunker underneath a house. Fito, whose real name is Adolfo Macías Villamar, is the leader of Los Choneros, a criminal gang known for its...
Ecuador's most wanted drug lord captured in 'underground bunker'
BBC
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June 26, 2025
Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online ShareSave Adolfo Macías Villamar was taken to a maximum-security jail Police in Ecuador have recaptured the country's most wanted fugitive, drug lord Adolfo Macías Villamar. Macías, also...
Ecuador recaptures fugitive drug kingpin 'fito' after dramatic raid
Africanews
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June 26, 2025
Ecuadorian authorities have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” in a dramatic operation more than a year after his high-profile escape from prison. The leader of the notorious Los Choneros gang was arrested in...
Ecuador announces UAE arrest of suspected guerrilla leader
The New Arab
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Roberto Alvarez Vera is accused of orchestrating a deadly ambush in Ecuador’s Amazon region [Getty] Ecuador on Thursday announced the arrest in the United Arab Emirates of a leader of the dissident FARC guerrillas blamed for the deaths of 11...
Ecuador's most wanted drug lord recaptured after 18 months on the run
United Press International (UPI)
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Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar 'Fito' (C) arrives back in Guayaquil, Ecuador, under heavy armed guard on Wednesday after being recaptured 120 miles away in the port city of Manta. Photo by Maurico Torres/EPA June 26 (UPI) -- Ecuadorian authorities...
Coalition of Governments Unites Behind Strict Trade Protections For Shark and Ray Species Freefalling Toward Extinction: Including Iconic Whale Sharks and Manta Rays
Newswise
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June 30, 2025
Link to Photos of Shark and Ray Species Newswise — New York, June 30, 2025 – Urgently needed proposals to protect the world’s most threatened shark and ray species that are freefalling toward extinction, including whale sharks, oceanic whitetips,...
Summary: Spain 6-2 Belgium in Women´s Euro 2025
VAVEL
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July 7, 2025
End of match The match ended with a final score of Spain 6-2 Belgium, with a double by Alexis Putellas, taking the win on day 2 of the Women's Euro 2025, a great match that gave us both teams that were always in front. ⏱️90' We reached the 90th...
Ecuador’s most wanted man captured
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 26, 2025
By Ana María Cañizares and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — 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. Macias, known as “Fito,” escaped...
Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the U.S. more than a year after his prison escape
NBC News
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June 26, 2025
QUITO, Ecuador — A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José...
Ecuador’s most wanted Drug Lord arrested
Sarajevo Times
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June 26, 2025
Ecuador’s most wanted fugitive, Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as Fito, has been re-arrested more than a year after he escaped from a maximum security prison. Fito, the leader of the notorious Los Choneros gang, was found in his hometown of Manta,...
Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive found hiding under kitchen counter after a year on the run
Sky News
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June 26, 2025
Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive has been recaptured - more than a year after he escaped from a maximum-security prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito", led a gang called Los Choneros and was discovered in his hometown of Manta following a...
Ecuador's Most-wanted Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured
International Business Times
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June 26, 2025
Ecuador's president announced Wednesday that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito," had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence. "We have done our part to proceed with...
Ecuador's most wanted gang leader captured
RTE Ireland
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June 26, 2025
Ecuador's president announced that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito", had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence. "We have done our part to proceed with Fito's...
Ecuador's most-wanted gang leader Fito arrested — president
Deutsche Welle
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June 26, 2025
Ecuador's most wanted fugitive has been recaptured after escaping prison last year, the country's president announced on Wednesday. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito," was captured in Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa said, without disclosing...
Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Interpol had issued an arrest warrant for Macias after hi s mysterious prison escape in early 2024 from the Guayaquil Regional Prison, where he was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking. Ecuadorian authorities have yet to explain how he...
Youthful Chelsea ready for Thiago Silva reunion
Kuwait Times
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July 7, 2025
EAST RUTHERFORD: Chelsea’s young side are targeting a place in the final of the Club World Cup when they take on Fluminense in the last four on Tuesday, with the Brazilian team marshalled by former Blues defender Thiago Silva who is still going...