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Fugitive leader of notorious Ecuador drug gang is indicted in U.S.

José Adolfo Macías Villamar — known as "Fito" — has led Los Choneros and its "network of assassins and drug and weapon traffickers" since at least 2020, federal prosecutors said.

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