{"id":89344,"date":"2024-01-09T05:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T05:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/ecuador-state-of-emergency-declared-after-notorious-drug-gang-boss-escapes-from-prison-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T05:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T05:38:12","slug":"ecuador-state-of-emergency-declared-after-notorious-drug-gang-boss-escapes-from-prison-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/ecuador-state-of-emergency-declared-after-notorious-drug-gang-boss-escapes-from-prison-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador: State of emergency declared after notorious drug gang boss escapes from prison | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A state of emergency has been declared in Ecuador after one of the country’s most-notorious drug gang bosses escaped from prison.<\/p>\n

Adolfo Macias – also known as Fito – was first reported missing from his cell on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ecuador<\/strong>‘s prosecutors then filed charges against two prison guards as part of their investigation into the alleged escape.<\/p>\n

The leader of the Los Choneros gang was serving a 34-year sentence in La Regional prison for drug trafficking and murder.<\/p>\n

His reported escape occurred on the same day he was scheduled to be transferred to a maximum security facility in the city of Guayaquil.<\/p>\n

President Daniel Noboa announced the state of emergency, which will allow the authorities to suspend citizens’ rights and send the military into prisons.<\/p>\n

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The decree is in effect for 60 days, with Mr Noboa saying he will confront crime inside prisons and will not stop until he “brings back peace to all Ecuadorians”.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Macias fled a maximum security prison but was recaptured a few weeks later. Police are investigating whether his most recent escape mirrors his one from a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Los Choneros is one of the gangs authorities consider responsible for a spike in violence that reached new highs last year with the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The gang has links with Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Mr Villavicencio had claimed Los Choneros threatened him, but authorities have been unable to formerly accuse Macias or his group for being behind the murder.<\/p>\n

Even from within prison, Macias was believed to have been able exert his influence over the gang, including control of drug trafficking routes and territory.<\/p>\n

Since 2021, at least 400 inmates have died within prisons in Ecuador, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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