The police arrested in Cordova (West of Argentina) to several relatives and friends of the Ecuadorian drug trafficker José Adolfo “Fito” Macías, fugitive from justice and who is considered one of those responsible for the wave of violence that he is experiencing Ecuadoraccording to security sources cited by local media.
Those arrested in the operation carried out on Thursday night (Argentina time) had rented a house in Golf Valleya private neighborhood in Malagueño, on the outskirts of Cordovaand paid in cash with dollars, 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).
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 Sejamout of 4.
The rest of the detainees, according to the newspaper La Nación, are a domestic worker, Denny Yadira Laines Basurto, Javier Macías Alcivar, a nephew of the boss, and Angel Zambrano Chiquitoa family friend.
The Córdoban media indicated that the detainees were taken from the house in Malaga to the Provincial Directorate of Aeronauticsfrom where they boarded a plane to Buenos Aires and then were deported to Ecuador.
The Argentine Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichhas scheduled a press conference today, Friday, to report on the “megaoperation” with which an investigation that began about four days ago culminated, according to the media.
“The Nation“He stressed that after confirming that the people who lived in the exclusive private neighborhood of Valle del Golf were relatives of the fugitive from justice in Ecuador, the National direction of Migration (DNM) intervened in the case and decided to expel Fito Macías’ wife and children from the country.
“Fito” Macias is the leader of The Chonerosone of the armed criminal gangs that the Ecuadorian Government considers responsible for the wave of violence that has the country in check and which includes the murder of prosecutor César Suárez this Wednesday in Guayaquil.
Condemned 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.
