José Adolfo Macías Villamar, also known as 'Fito', was captured by security forces in Ecuador after intelligence operations lasted over a year. Initially believed to be hiding in Colombia, he was found in a lavish house on the Ecuadorian coast. Authorities had raided the property multiple times and were close to locating him when they discovered his daughter and medications. Eventually, after fearing a bunker collapse, he emerged from a hidden entrance and was apprehended, marking a significant victory for President Daniel Noboa in his battle against gang violence.
"Intelligence officials had been on the fugitive drug lord's trail for more than a year, in a high-priority operation they called 'Zeus II.'"},
"Security forces knew they were close last month when they discovered, in a raid of the house, his 3-year-old daughter and the medications they knew he took for gastritis."},{
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