Drug merchant Jose Adolfo Machias Williamar, aka FitoThe leader of the criminal group ChonerosThe oldest and one of the greatest Ecuador, Accepted this Friday to be extradited to the United States, where it is required Justice After accused of crimes as a conspiracy for international distribution of cocaine, in particular.
During the audience, president National Court, Judge Jose Song, He asked him Phyto If he agreed or opposed the request submitted by the US government in order to obtain his extradition to which Macías Villamar “Yes, I accept.”
Phyto, who was the most wanted criminal Ecuador, Audience from Rock, Maximum security prison Ecuador, Located in the city Guayakil, Where it was held on June 25, when it was captured by security forces a year and a half after its escape from another prison center.
Zeal was carried out three days after Judge received from the Ministry of Relations Extermers and human mobility of Ecuador Formal statement of the United States on Phyto To be extradited and can appear to the judicial authorities and protect against accusations against him.
Then a leader Choneros gave his approval, president National Court He indicated that he would make a decision in writing during the established legal period, and the hearing was over.
Fito extradition process
According to Ecuadorian rules, simplified extradition will be carried out. That is, when the verdict that determines the application for issuing is already firmly, it will be sent to the president Daniel Noboawho must decide whether the leader of the criminal convicted of Ecuador 34 years in prison for several crimes, such as drug trafficking, murder and organized crime.
The decision that the Minister of the Interior said on Friday, John Rimberg, This is already taken because the president Noboa He told him that if it were for him, Phyto “Tomorrow will be visited by a plane that goes to the United States to make a fine there.”
“The pseudonym Fito decided to go to the United States before encountering the state that today is fighting crime without a truce. Extradition is not a concession: this is a consequence. In Ecuador, the drug no longer feels untouchable, ”Rimberg said in his report on the social network X after he knew the decision of the criminal leader.
For his part, a lawyer who Phyto hire in the United States, Alexey Mine, In a brief statement, he said that he met his client on Friday in Rock And that they “work hard to protect their rights and help him his family.”
“Mr. Machias and his entire legal team work hard to get the best possible result for him,” he added.
US accusation
In February 2024, the US government imposed sanctions against Los Choneros and Fito, So all the properties and interests are blocked in the properties that are on American soil or own or control the American people.
In April last year, the same government officially accused the criminal leader of seven positions, including a conspiracy for international distribution of cocaine, The use of firearms and smuggling of firearms from the United States
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According to the prosecution ChonerosIn the Alliance with Sinaloa posterThey managed a large network, “responsible for sending and spreading tons of cocaine from South America, through Central America and Mexico, in the United States and other places. “
Phyto He was in an unknown whereabouts since he escaped from Guayakil regional prison, At the beginning of 2024, and his repetition was the greatest goal of the president Noboa, As part of the “war” against organized criminal groups that he declared after the escape of the leader of the criminal.
On June 25, he was arrested after a military operation, which lasted more than ten hours, in a luxurious house located in the city Montecrinism, coastal province Manabi, Where does it come from and where, a responsible criminal organization, arose in 1998.
With information EFE.
