Ecuadorian police admit they do not know the whereabouts of a jailed criminal gang leader.

General Commander of the Ecuadorian Police, Cesar ZapataIt suggested Adolfo Macias VillamarNickname FitoLeader of Megaband Choneros He is not in his cell at the Guayaquil Regional Jail. According to Zapata, during an intervention by law enforcement forces at the jail this afternoon, agents learned that the alias Fito was not in the jail complex. The Attorney General’s Office reported that it opened an ex officio investigation into the leader’s escape.

has been confirmed by a reserved source InfobayAKA Fito, will leave the prison upon learning of a possible transfer to a maximum security prison the stoneWhere he was already mobilized on August 12, 2023. However, on September 8 last year, a judge ordered that he be sent back to the regional jail from where he disappeared this weekend.

President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, the Public and State Security Council was called this Sunday afternoon to meet in Guayaquil. Despite the insistence of the press, the official statement on the case came seven hours after the first warning of the escape of alias Fito. The government also announced the message to the nation but canceled it.

A government statement was made by Roberto IzurietaThe Communications Secretary of the Presidency, who confirmed that more than 3,000 members of the security forces (police and armed forces) intervened in the regional prison to find alias Fito: “The operation continues. “We cannot give many details,” he said.

Commander Zapata explained that both the police and the armed forces are investigating to find out the whereabouts of Fito alias. The general reiterated that the law enforcement forces have government support and indicated that the Public Ministry began operations this afternoon: “We will continue to operate internally until we locate this citizen“, he assured.

Alexandra Zumragga, former Director of Rehabilitation and Safety Specialists, published on her X account (formerly Twitter) that aka Fito “commanded” the regional prison And that “if he was imprisoned, it was because he wanted to.” According to Zumárraga Infobay In October 2023, aka Fito’s men guarded that prison. Ecuadorian journalist in exile, Carol Norona, also spoke in X and reported that: “Until Christmas, aka Fito was in the regional jail. (…) Fito escaped the gaze and patience of the entire system“

The leader of Los Choneros was not an ordinary prisoner, he had privileges which Report prepared by the Delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights who visited Ecuador. In September 2023, A Drug ballad AKA in honor of Fito. The video contained images of the ringleader inside a regional jail cell block.

alias Fito has been convicted of organized crime and murder. The ringleader will have to spend 34 years in prison. The leader of Los Choneros has a long criminal history and this is not his first escape. In 2013, when he was incarcerated in La Rocca maximum security prison, he also escaped. In 2021, His daughter was kidnapped. A year later, They tried to kill his son.

As of May 2023, aka Fito became the sole leader of Los Choneros, ever since aka JR, with whom they shared leadership of the megaband, was murdered in Colombia. During the August 2023 presidential campaign, former candidate Fernando Villavicencio said he was threatened by the leader of Los Choneros. On August 9, Villavicencio was assassinated. The homicide is still under investigation by authorities.