Ecuador under curfew after notorious gangster “Fito” disappears from cell

Ecuador has declared a state of emergency for 60 days because a gang leader disappeared from prison.

Adolfo Macías Villamar, also known as “Fito”, is the boss of a dangerous group called Los Choneros. People believe that this group is responsible for some of the deadly fights in prison that have happened recently.

He was locked up in the highest security part of a jail in Guayaquil.

The emergency rules include stopping people from gathering and having to stay at home at night.

President Daniel Noboa, who became the second-youngest president in Ecuadorian history, made an announcement in a decree. He has only been in office for less than two months.

He won the election after a very violent campaign where another candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, was killed.

President Noboa said the emergency would let the military and police take charge of all the country’s prisons. The Choneros gang has a lot of power in La Regional prison, where Fito was kept.

“The president said that these criminal groups want to scare us and they think we will do what they want. ”

He also said, “We won’t talk to terrorists and we won’t stop until we bring back peace. ”

Fito is a well-known criminal who is believed to have been involved in the murder of Villavicencio last year. Fito had threatened to kill Villavicencio before the murder.

The police realized he was missing on Sunday and couldn’t find him in the prison area.

He doesn’t listen to the police, and recently he made a music video that makes his illegal activities look cool. He even recorded part of it in jail.

The video shows two singers from Mariachi Bravo performing with Fito’s daughter, Queen Michelle. They are praising a man they call a criminal.

“I admire you, Fito, my dad,” his daughter sings, saying that “good blood runs through his veins. ”

The video shows Fito petting a rooster and talking to other prisoners.

The video was recorded inside the jail, which means someone broke the rule against bringing electronic devices into the jail.

It’s not known if Fito escaped from the prison in the port city or if he’s hiding inside.

A police leader said he couldn’t say if the convict escaped or not, and he also couldn’t say how long the convict has been missing.

He said many police officers were looking for the prison.

The Regional jail is in a big prison with five buildings and over 12,000 prisoners. Fito has been in prison for most of the last 12 years.

In August, he was moved to a smaller jail in the same area called La Roca for a short time. This jail is thought to be safer because there are fewer prisoners there. It took many soldiers to move him.

However, the prisoner’s lawyer asked for a change in the decision to move him and was successful. Fito was taken back to La Regional after only a month.

Fito has run away from the prison before. In 2013, he and 17 other prisoners escaped from La Roca prison and ran away in boats on the River Daule, which is next to the prison.

The runaway was caught with his brother, who is also part of Los Choneros, four months later at their mom’s house in Manta.

Fito has been in jail for a long time. After Jorge Luis Zambrano was killed in December 2020, he became the leader of Los Choneros.

The gang, called Chone, is mostly involved in selling drugs and getting money from people by threatening them. They also have connections with the powerful Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.