Highlights: Argentine government arrested and deported the family of public enemy number 1 in Ecuador, Adolfo Macias alias “Fito’ The leader of the fearsome Choneros gang has still not been captured since his escape from a Guayaquil prison in early January. His family is back in Ecuador and residents fear possible reprisals. Ecuador: President Daniel Noboa convened a security council on Friday January 19, 2023 due to the tension reigning in the country: gang violence, attacks and corruption.

The Argentine government arrested and deported this Friday the family of public enemy number 1 in Ecuador, Adolfo Macias alias “Fito”. If the leader of the fearsome Choneros gang still hasn’t…

Ecuador: the family of gang leader Adolfo Macias alias “Fito”, expelled from Argentina

The Argentine government arrested and deported this Friday the family of public enemy number 1 in Ecuador, Adolfo Macias alias “Fito”.

If the leader of the fearsome Choneros gang has still not been captured since his escape from a Guayaquil prison in early January, his family is back in Ecuador and residents fear possible reprisals.

Ecuador: President Daniel Noboa convened a security council on Friday January 19, 2023 due to the tension reigning in the country: gang violence, attacks and corruption make the situation very volatile.

via REUTERS - ECUADOR PRESIDENCY

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Adolfo Macias' wife and three children were spotted in an upscale neighborhood in the city of Cordoba.

Having apparently entered Argentina illegally

three days before the escape

of the leader of the Choneros which provoked a

wave of violence in Ecuador

, they saw their temporary residence suspended by the Argentine Migration Service.

🚨Inda Mariela Peñarrieta, Adolfo Macías's wife, joined #Argentina for 10 days before the flight of “Fito” from the car, she informed the La Voz newspaper.

Ella y 3 de sus hijos han sido detenidos, luego serán llevados a Buenos Aires para ser deportados a #Ecuador.

pic.twitter.com/IQ2ZVX8EK0

— Diario El Mercurio (@elmercuriomanta) January 19, 2024

Obviously unwilling to keep the family of a drug trafficker on their soil, the Argentine authorities immediately deported them by military plane to the city of Guayaquil, reports our correspondent in Quito,

Eric Samson

At the heavily protected Simon Bolivar Air Base, “ Fito

’s” family

and the four people who accompanied them to Argentina were allowed to freely leave the military installations.

There is in fact no detention order for the wife of Adolfo Macias, whose legal status was promised by Attorney General Diana Salazar.

Aged 48, Inda Mariela Peñarrieta was already the subject of an investigation in 2020 for money laundering, unjustified private enrichment and tax fraud.

A nurse six years ago, Adolfo Macias' wife has indeed become a wealthy businesswoman, not hesitating to show off her luxurious life on social networks.

The three judges who closed the case are also the subject of an investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Ecuador: the family of gang leader Adolfo Macias alias “Fito”, expelled from Argentina

Ecuador: the family of gang leader Adolfo Macias alias “Fito”, expelled from Argentina

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