Ecuador on sunday Extradited The leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang to the United States, who rely on hitman, bribery and military weapons to trade. This is first extradited from Ecuador directly into the US from Ecuador.
Jose Adolfo McAius Wilmar, whose surname is “Fito,” Run away Last year was from a jail in Ecuador Re -occupation At the end of June. In April, an American Attorney accused him of allegations in New York City that he imported thousands of pounds cocaine in the United States.
The Ecuador government agency said, “Mcia from La Roca Detention Center under the custody of the National Police and Armed Forces for appropriate action in terms of an extradition process was removed,” SNAI said in a message sent to journalists, “the government agency said in a message sent to journalists.
The details of the handover were not specified.
A picture released by SNAI showed McAius wearing T-shirts, shorts, a bulletproof vest and helmet. Many police officers were protecting him at an unknown place.
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Ecuador will appear before Brooklyn’s federal court on Monday “where he will not be guilty,” Mcis’ lawyer Alexi Spring told The Associated Press via email. After that, he will be detained in a prison, which has not yet been determined, Sketch said.
Seven-tail prosecution In Brooklyn, Anasalt accused McCius and an unknown co-retaliation with international cocaine distribution, conspiracy and counting of arms from the United States with trafficking from the United States.
The extradition decision came after sending a document to the Ecuador, which guaranteed the rights of the 45 -year -old criminal leader of the United States.
Since 2020, Macius has led the “Los Chaoneros”, which emerged in the 1990s. The gang appointed people to buy firearms and ammunition in the United States and smuggled in Ecuador as per the April prosecution. Cocaine will flow in the United States with the help of Mexican Cartel. Together, the groups controlled the major cocaine smuggling routes through the Ecuador, violently targeting law enforcement, politicians, lawyers and citizens who stood on the way.
Last year, the US classified Los Chonoros as one of the most violent gangs and confirmed its relationship with powerful Mexican drug cartel Which threaten the ecuador and the surrounding area.
Officials in Ecuador have classified the gang as a terrorist organization. When Mcias was on run, the Ecuador government announced the reward for his possession, it will be extended. $ 1 million,
McAius ran away from a Guiakil jail, where he was serving a 34 -year sentence for drug trafficking, organized crime and murder. He was removed after one and a half years on the Central Coast of the country.
MacÃas has cultivated the status of a cult between members of the fellow gang and the public in his country. Behind the bars in 2023, he released a video addressed by armed men who were flured by “Ecuadorians”. He also threw parties in jail, where he had everything from alcohol to roasters for cockfighting matches.
Jail officials said that McAius is the first Ecuador to be extradited from Ecuador to the US. Two other Ecuadorian drug trafficers have been first handed over to the United States, but from Columbia, where they were arrested.
Earlier this year, one of Ecuador’s biggest crime syndicate was Los Lobos, Arrested at her house In the coastal city of Portovizo. The armed forces said in a statement, Carlos D, widely known from his surname “L. Chino”, was the second-in-command of Los Lobos and “a high-value target.”
Last year US declared Los Lobos Ecuador having the largest drug trafficking organization.
