Gang boss who threatened slain Ecuador candidate transferred to max security

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 13, 2023 12:01 pm

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: Ecuador transferred a powerful gang leader, accused of threatening a presidential candidate before he was slain, to a maximum security prison via a massive military and police operation on Saturday, officials said.

At dawn some 4,000 heavily armed agents entered Prison 8 in Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador, where the head of the powerful Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, alias 'Fito,' was being held.

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