extortion and drug dealing across the country. The group has also forged an alliance with Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drugs ...

Ecuador's prosecutor's office tweeted on Monday ... Macias was convicted of drug trafficking, murder and organised crime. He was serving a 34-year sentence in La Regional prison of the port ...

The cocaine trade is far bigger and more geographically diverse than at any point in history as Albanian traffickers expand the market in Europe for the drug.