NEW YORK — The chief of a violent Ecuadorian gang has been indicted in New York Town on fees he imported 1000’s of kilos of cocaine into america, federal prosecutors stated Wednesday.
José Adolfo Macías Villamar has led Los Choneros and its “community of assassins and drug and weapon traffickers” since a minimum of 2020, U.S. Lawyer John Durham stated in a information free up.
“The defendant was once a ruthless chief and prolific drug trafficker for a violent transnational prison group,” he stated.
The seven-count indictment unsealed in Brooklyn fees Villamar and an unidentified co-defendant with world cocaine distribution, conspiracy and guns counts, together with smuggling firearms from america.
Macias Villamar isn’t in U.S. custody, government stated.
In January 2024, he was once came upon lacking from his jail mobile in Quito, Ecuador, the place he was once serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking.
Previous this month, the Ecuadorian executive introduced the praise for the seize of Villamar, whose nickname is “Fito,” could be greater to $1 million.
