Photo / Marcos Pin, AFP Intelligence officials had been on a fugitive drug lord’s trail for more than a year, in a ...

Ecuadoran forces have revealed how they captured the country’s most-wanted man, drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías, more than a ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...