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Gang boss who threatened slain Ecuador candidate transferred to max security

4,000 heavily armed agents transferred Jose Adolfo Macias, alias “Fito,” from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to the La Roca maximum security prison
Candidate Fernando Villavicencio had complained about receiving death threats from Macias, head of the powerful Los Choneros criminal group

By AFP · 13 August 2023

By AP · 30 September 2021