{"id":2041330,"date":"2026-07-13T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041330"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:30:51","slug":"men-disguised-as-police-kill-ecuadorean-drug-lords-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041330","title":{"rendered":"Men disguised as police kill Ecuadorean drug lord’s brother"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The victim is the brother of notorious drug lord Adolfo Mac\u00edas (pictured), also known as ‘Fito’ <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A brother of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lord was killed on Sunday by gunmen who had disguised themselves as police officers. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police said David Mac\u00edas, 35, was a regional leader in Los Choneros, the powerful criminal gang which was until recently headed by his brother, Adolfo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Adolfo Mac\u00edas, also known by the alias “Fito”, is awaiting trial in the United States following his extradition from Ecuador last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Los Choneros has been declared a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the US and is accused of being one of the crime groups behind Ecuador’s skyrocketing murder rate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Officials said David Mac\u00edas was killed in the early hours of Sunday local time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Witnesses said men dressed like police officers entered the home Mac\u00edas had rented in an upscale neighbourhood in the town of Ol\u00f3n, on Ecuador’s Pacific coast. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The gunmen fled after the attack and so far there have been no arrests in connection with the case. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is not unusual for gang leaders to be targeted either by members of rival criminal organisations or even by members of their own group as part of internal battles for control. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month, a local gang leader was shot dead by two teenage gunmen as he was leaving the international airport in Guayaquil. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In that attack, the gunmen had hidden their weapons behind stuffed toys and a bouquet of flowers in order not to arouse suspicion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police said David Mac\u00edas had pleaded guilty in 2018 to charges of criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During his time behind bars, he reportedly recruited inmates for Los Choneros and managed to place the prison he was in firmly under the control of his gang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His killing is the latest blow to Los Choneros after the arrest last year of Adolfo Mac\u00edas, and that of another brother, Javier, last month in neighbouring Colombia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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