José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito” José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito,” was the head of the Choneros, one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups. He joined the Choneros during its rapid rise from a regional gang into one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Ecuador. But when he took the reins after his predecessor’s death in 2020, the gang started to fragment.