The relatives and friends of the Ecuadorian drug trafficker José Adolfo ‘Fito’ Macíasa fugitive from Justice and who is considered one of those responsible for the wave of violence that he is experiencing Ecuadorwho were arrested late Thursday in Argentinahave been deported to their country of origin.
According to several local media, citing official sources, they left on a flight from the Argentina air force bound for Ecuador during the early morning.
Sources consulted by EFE referred to the press conference that will be offered at 12:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. GMT) by the Argentine Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich; that of Defense, Luis Petri, and Juan Pablo Quinteroshead of Security of the province of Cordovain which the aforementioned family members and friends were arrested.
In it, according to sources, they will provide “All the details” of the operation.
The police arrested in Cordova (center Argentina) to several relatives and friends of the Ecuadorian drug traffickeror José Adolfo ‘Fito’ Macías.
The operation took place on Thursday night (local time) in Golf Valley, a ‘country’ (private neighborhood) in Malagaoutside of Cordova.
According to the newspaper La Voz del Interior, which cites as a source Alberto Biettidirector of Criminal Intelligence of the Córdoba police, who was in charge of the investigation together with the Anti-drug Police Force (FPA), the rent for the house was paid in cash with dollars.
Although the identity or number of those detained has not been officially reported, local media indicate that there are eight and among them are the wife of ‘Fito’ Macias, Inda Mariela Peñarrieta Tuarezand three of his children, Michelle21 years old, Ilse Maria12, and Lian Sejam, out of 4.
The rest of the detainees, according to local media, are a domestic worker, Denny Yadira Laines Basurto, Javier Macías Alcivara nephew of the boss, and Angel Zambrano Chiquitoa family friend.
The detainees were taken from Cordova until Buenos Airesfrom where they were deported to Ecuador.
‘Fito’ Macías is the leader of ‘The Choneros‘, one of the armed criminal gangs that the Ecuadorian Government considers responsible for the wave of violence that has the country in check and in which the murder of the prosecutor is part of Cesar Suarez this wednesday in Guayaquil.
Sentenced in 2011 to 34 years in prison for drug trafficking, organized crime and homicide, Maciasto which ties are attributed to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, has been involved in several escapes, the last one on January 7, after which an escalation of violence began that led the Government of Ecuador to declare a state of emergency and the existence of an internal armed conflict.
