This handout picture released by the Ecuadorean Army shows a member of the army searching the hideout of drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias Fito, after he was recaptured in Manta, Manabi ...

President Daniel Noboa announces the end of a 17-month manhunt that exposed the vulnerability of the country’s security and ...

Drug trafficker Adolfo Macias is captured by the Ecuadorean Army in Manta, Manabi Province, Ecuador on June 25, 2025. Ecuadorean Army/AFP via Getty Images.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced on Wednesday it had recaptured José Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito,” who faces ...

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 ...

This handout picture released by the Ecuadorean Army shows a member of the army searching the hideout of drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias Fito, after he was recaptured in Manta, Manabi ...

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 ... (2nd R) after his recapture in ...

This handout picture released by the Ecuadorean Army shows a member of the army searching the hideout of drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias Fito, after he was recaptured in Manta, Manabi ...

This handout picture released by the Ecuadorean Army shows a member of the army searching the hideout of drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias Fito, after he was recaptured in Manta, Manabi ...