Ecuador extradites drug kingpin to United States
NBC Newsยท2025-07-22 03:00
Tonight, an Ecuadorian man the US Department of Justice says was the leader of one of the country's most violent gangs responsible for international chaos and bloodshed facing a New York City judge. 45-year-old Jose Adulo Masias Viamar, known as FTO, pleading not guilty today to federal charges related to international drug and weapons trafficking. Federal prosecutors describing him as a ruthless leader, adding the defendant and his co-conspirators flooded the United States with drugs and used extreme measu ...