The head of a violent Ecuadorian gang has pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges in New York. U.S. prosecutors allege José Adolfo Macías Villamar led a smuggling operation that trafficked cocaine ...

Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito", was extradited to the US late Sunday weeks after the head of the Los Choneros gang was recaptured following his escape from an Ecuadoran prison. He is the first ...

Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has been extradited to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a prison escape that sparked a wave of violence across the country.

Ecuador's biggest drug lord, Jose Adolfo Macias, arrives at the Guayaquil airbase after being captured in the city of Manta in June [File: Mauricio Torres/EPA] Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macias ...

Adolfo Macias, a former taxi driver-turned-crime boss known as 'Fito,' was removed from custody on Sunday at a maximum security prison in Ecuador's southwest.

Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," is set to appear in U.S. federal court on Monday, where he will plead not guilty to international charges of drug and weapons ...

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has completed its second review of Ecuador's Extended Fund Facility and ...