{"id":101399,"date":"2026-09-28T17:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wife-and-daughter-of-powerful-ecuadorian-drug-lord-held-in-the-u-s-are-captured-in-colombia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:21:18","slug":"wife-and-daughter-of-powerful-ecuadorian-drug-lord-held-in-the-u-s-are-captured-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wife-and-daughter-of-powerful-ecuadorian-drug-lord-held-in-the-u-s-are-captured-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife and daughter of powerful Ecuadorian drug lord held in the U.S. are captured in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador&#8217;s most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jose-adolfo-macias-fito-recaptured-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Adolfo Macias<\/a><\/span>, alias &#8220;Fito,&#8221; is the leader of Los Choneros, a notorious Ecuadorian gang with ties to Mexico&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cartel-leader-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-sentenced-life-us-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa cartel.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p> His wife, Inda Mariela Penarrieta Tuarez, and daughter, Michelle Jamileth Macias Penarrieta, who are wanted in Ecuador for money laundering, were arrested in northeastern Colombia in an operation involving the FBI and Ecuadorian authorities, De la Espriella said.<\/p>\n<p> He said Ecuadorian authorities were investigating the women for &#8220;using shell companies to launder the organization&#8217;s (Los Choneros&#8217;) money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I will gladly send them to my good friend, President Daniel Noboa, so they can answer to Ecuadorian justice,&#8221; De la Espriella <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABDELAESPRIELLA\/status\/2104250693699912077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a post on X<\/a>, along with video and images of the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Colombia will not be a refuge for the finances of transnational crime,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/28\/a1ca5ea3-d7ec-4624-8ff4-c6625f5f1a33\/thumbnail\/620x465g6\/48a5cf9d6021faebf821265a55c96c6a\/colombia-htpm2cpxgaeq-oj.jpg#\" alt=\"colombia-htpm2cpxgaeq-oj.jpg \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/28\/a1ca5ea3-d7ec-4624-8ff4-c6625f5f1a33\/thumbnail\/620x465g6\/48a5cf9d6021faebf821265a55c96c6a\/colombia-htpm2cpxgaeq-oj.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/28\/a1ca5ea3-d7ec-4624-8ff4-c6625f5f1a33\/thumbnail\/1240x930g6\/de5cd073082734f97fb67f27e354c4f7\/colombia-htpm2cpxgaeq-oj.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador&#8217;s most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Colombia President Abelardo de la Espriella<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His Ecuadorian counterpart <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielNoboaOk\/status\/2104291835040366706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a> on the same platform: &#8220;That&#8217;s how we work, Abelardo: together and with results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, Macias Villamar was discovered missing from his prison cell in Quito, Ecuador, where he was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking and murder. A 60-day state of emergency was declared after his escape, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-67912235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the BBC reported<\/a>. Macias was recaptured and extradited to the U.S. last year.<\/p>\n<p>He faces <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ecuador-los-choneros-gang-leader-fito-indicted-us-vanished-prison-cell\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">seven charges<\/a><\/span> in a New York court, including drug trafficking and arms trafficking, which carry sentences ranging from 20 years in prison to life. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-lord-fito-extradited-us-from-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pleaded not guilty<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/09\/terrorist-designations-of-los-choneros-and-los-lobos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated<\/a> Los Choneros as a terrorist organization last year. 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