Wife, daughter of top drug lord held in U.S. are captured in Colombia
Summary
Colombian police arrested the wife and daughter of Adolfo Macias, a powerful Ecuadorian drug lord extradited to the U.S. last year. The women are wanted in Ecuador for money laundering linked to Macias’ gang, Los Choneros, which is connected to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.Key Facts
- Adolfo Macias, leader of Los Choneros, was extradited to the U.S. where he faces drug and arms trafficking charges.
- His wife, Inda Mariela Penarrieta Tuarez, and daughter, Michelle Jamileth Macias Penarrieta, were arrested in northeastern Colombia.
- The FBI, Colombian, and Ecuadorian authorities worked together to capture them.
- They are accused of laundering gang money through fake companies.
- Los Choneros is labeled a terrorist group by both Ecuador and the U.S.
- Ecuador’s government has declared several gangs terrorist organizations due to rising drug violence.
- Ecuador has become a key route for cocaine moving from Colombia and Peru to global markets.
- Macias escaped from an Ecuadorian prison but was recaptured and extradited to the U.S.
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