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A notorious drug lord hid in his bunker. Then the authorities closed in.
Video, images and transcripts show the Ecuadorian operation to recapture escaped drug lord José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the Los Choneros leader known as Fito.
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How a fugitive drug lord wanted by the U.S. was captured in his bunker
A year and a half after his prison escape, José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar was found hiding in a secret basement in the coastal city of Manta.