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Report from Guayaquil: Colombia captures the wife and daughter of alias' Fito '

The Colombian authorities captured the wife and daughter of José Adolfo Macías Villar, alias' Fito ', a former leader of the Ecuadorian criminal organization' Los Choneros'. The detainees were required by the Ecuadorian justice system for alleged asset laundering, they left Ecuador to Colombia by land, first to Bogotá and then in the Santander department. From Guayaquil, our correspondent Carolina Mella tells us more.

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Direct to... Guayaquil and more than 30 arrested linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The National Police of Ecuador, with support from the United States Southern Command and the DEA, captured 39 persons allegedly linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in an operation carried out in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos and El Oro. According to the Minister of the Interior, John Reimberg, the structure operated directly with the Mexican criminal network, without brokering local bands. From Guayaquil, our correspondent Carolina Mella extended the details of the operation.

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"Ecuador: Every 60 hours a baby is born with a drug in the blood": 'Nobody's Land'

A research published by 'Tierra de Nino' reports that in Ecuador, newborns affected by maternal consumption of psychoactive substances increased from 79 to 145 between 2021 and 2025. The highest figure in five years of registration. The problem, the medium points out, is in the absence of public policy: no toxicological screening is done at birth, there is no state protocol and do not measure what happens next with these babies.

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