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José Adolfo Macías, known more widely as 'Fito', is the leader of the feared Los Choneros - which until recent years was safely Ecuador's largest and most feared gang.
Jose Adolfo Macias, known as 'Fito', is believed to have escaped his cell in the maximum-security wing of a jail in Guayaquil some time on Sunday.
Ecuador is in the thrall of brutal bloodthirsty gangs who are battling for control in spiralling turf wars that see gun massacres and beheadings.