National emergency after jailed drug lord ‘Fito’ vanishes in Ecuador | DW News
Ecuador has launched a nationwide operation to locate a drug lord who disappeared from jail the government has declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew while police and the Army search for The Fugitive he was sentenced to 34 years in prison in 2011 for crimes including murder and drug
Trafficking authorities said that four police officers have been kidnapped since the manh Hunts been underway Ecuador is on full alert its Army will be patrolling the streets for at least the next 60 days after the country declared a state of emergency they’re searching for adula
Maas known by a Alias fito he’s not just any escapee he’s the leader of one of the most powerful drug gangs in Ecuador who vanished overnight from a high security jail Searchers are continuing to confirm that he is defin Ely left a prison we noticed that one of the
Inmates detained in that social Rehabilitation Center was missing the National Police together with the Armed Forces continue the investigation the military and police have also been raiding detention facilities throughout the country they released a video showing detainees at of Rehabilitation Center stripped down to underwear for weapon search the measures have resulted in
Widespread unrest and prison riots the government has responded with a nationwide curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 5: in the morning they’re trying to send a stark warning to drug gangs to combat Gang Related violence that has exploded in recent years ecuadorians the time when those convicted of drug trafficking contract
Killings and organized crime dictated to the government in power what to do is over what we are seeing in the country’s prisons is the result of the decision to confront them this is why we and the government have taken action to regain control of Prisons that have been lost in recent
Years despite the stringent measures residents of the crime torn city guil where fito was in jail say it’s too late to control the situation it’s not going to be solved I believe that the laws themselves would have to be changed many things would need to be
Done but I think it would help at least reduce crime at night as gangs like the one fito heads fight over who will control major cocaine routes many here fear the prison security crisis will spiral further
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Monday, a day after Adolfo Macias, leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang, disappeared from the prison where he was serving a 34-year sentence.
Noboa did not mention Macias’ possible escape in imposing the state of emergency, but said in an Instagram message that he won’t stop until he “brings back peace to all Ecuadorians.” Police say at least four police officers have been kidnapped in Ecuador following the declaration, and unrest was reported at several prisons.
Who is Macias?
Macias, 44, known as “Fito,” has been convicted of drug trafficking, murder and organized crime. On the day of his disappearance, Sunday, he was scheduled to be transferred to a maximum security prison in the port city of Guayaquil from La Regional prison in the same city, where he was serving his sentence.
His gang, Los Choneros, is thought by authorities to be behind a surge in violence that reached a peak last year with the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The politician had said the group threatened him, but no charges have been brought against it or Macias over the killing. Los Choneros is believed to be linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. Macias has succeeded once before, in February 2013, in escaping from a maximum security facility, but he was recaptured a few weeks later. He is believed to have kept controlling his group from within the detention facility.
What does the state of emergency mean?
Under a state of emergency, the military can deploy onto the streets and into prisons. A national nighttime curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 05:00 a.m. has also been imposed. Noboa’s predecessor, Guillermo Lasso, often used states of emergency as a way to confront the wave of violence that has affected the South American country. Noboa himself, who took over in November, has said his government’s main objective is to reduce violence.
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34 comments
That zepata guy also got lot of money from cartel. Now he act as enemy
The guards were definitely paid off to let him go
I wonder who will play Fito in the movie. Any ideas or suggestions ?
USA and EU protect the drug syndicate in the world,,that is why they hate other countries to have a death penalty laws against drug traffickers,,US and EU number 1 COCCAINE USER IN THE WORLD
PHILIPPINES LOVE DRUGLORS,,COME HERE MISTER FITO
Lol, Just one person.
The reason why they declared state of emergency is bcos the president and some of their parliament members his target. Cowards
murder and drug lord only sentenced 30 years?
Escaped AKA he paid the guards and their equivalent of the warden to walk out the front gate probably escorted by the military.
Having drinks with chapo
FITO===/El Chapo we will come for you👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿and we can rule together👊🏿👊🏿WE LOVE YOU EL CHAPO our booger sugar BROTHER
I doubt he's still even in the country.
I'd look in Mexico, everyone always escapes to Mexico.
Ecuador is below 3rd world
This is why Americans retiring south of the border for cheaper living is risky, things can flare up at any moment.
Vanished 😂😂😂. MF was escorted out by security…
I need Netflix version
Hasta la corrupcion esta corrupta! No se si el Sr. Bukele de El Salvador esta ofreciendo clases pertinentes a la situacion actaul en Ecuador. Sabemos que hay personas honestas y serias en el Ecuador pero ahorita (ahora) no tienen el timon de la nave de govierno. Suerte.
The power of Money $. Free to scape.
"Run fito! Run!"
Drug trading & gangsters became stronger or raising up the members because of the Corruption in the Government. Corruption in the Government is one of the reason why Poverty , Gangsters & Illegal drug trade is rising up in every corners in intire universe.
Some of those cops will be driving shiny new cars soon.
🇵🇭🙏🇺🇦🇮🇱
I mean can you really call yrself a crime boss if you aint escaped from prison ? 😂
As long as fortunes are to be made from illicit substances people will traffic them and greater powers will aid them and launder their profits.
Corruption
2:03 ñaños 🤣
Just wait a couple of weeks to see which guard pulls up to work in a new vehicle.
Just saying if he got sentenced in 2011 and escaped in 2024 he must of had some loyal soldiers in his organization to help him break out all those years later.
Corrupted governments must have fierce opposotion ."Democratics" call them drug dealers hitmen,terrorists etc
Others call them Justiceros," cleaners" etc
Liverking went crazy
Real prison break movie live now
Cocain and C. I. A i know who helped him set him free.. The gorillas war fare is old game for Westerners they want him in him power.. Thats why they set him free..
Inside job 😂😂😂😂😂❤️
Sicario Movie director : write that down write it down !!