哥伦比亚波哥大——哥伦比亚警方周日表示，他们逮捕了一名臭名昭著的厄瓜多尔帮派头目的妻子和女儿，该头目去年因贩毒指控被引渡至美国。
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian police on Sunday said they captured the wife and daughter of a notorious Ecuadorian gang leader who was extradited to the U.S. last year on drug trafficking charges.
警方称，这两名女性因涉嫌洗钱在厄瓜多尔遭到通缉，她们是在联邦调查局（FBI）和厄瓜多尔当局的支持下，在哥伦比亚东北部小镇萨瓦纳德托雷斯被捕的。
Police said the two women, who are wanted in Ecuador for money laundering, were arrested in Sabana de Torres, a small town in northeastern Colombia, in an operation backed by the FBI and Ecuadorian authorities.
哥伦比亚总统阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普里利亚周日在社交媒体平台X上发文称：“哥伦比亚绝不会成为跨国犯罪集团资金的避风港。我很乐意将她们送交给我的朋友丹尼尔·诺沃亚总统，让她们接受厄瓜多尔法律的制裁。”何塞·阿道夫·马西亚斯·维利亚马尔（绰号“菲托”）于2024年1月从厄瓜多尔瓜亚基尔的一所监狱越狱。这名帮派头目的越狱促使厄瓜多尔政府宣布进入紧急状态，随后引发了致命的监狱骚乱和瓜亚基尔街头的混乱，帮派成员甚至在直播期间冲击了一家电视台。
“Colombia will not be a safe haven for the finances of transnational criminal groups,” Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said in a message posted on X on Sunday. “I will send these (women) with pleasure to my friend President Daniel Noboa, so that they face Ecuadorian justice.” José Adolfo Macías Villamar , whose nickname is “Fito,” escaped from a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador in January 2024. The gang leader’s prison break prompted Ecuador’s government to declare a state of emergency that was followed by deadly prison riots and chaos in the streets of Guayaquil, where gang members stormed a television station during a live broadcast.
马西亚斯·维利亚马尔去年被重新抓获并被送往美国，目前他被指控走私数千磅可卡因。他的组织“洛斯乔内罗斯”（Los Choneros）去年被美国国务院列为恐怖组织。
Macías Villamar was recaptured last year and sent to the United States , where he has been charged with importing thousands of pounds of cocaine. His organization, Los Choneros, was designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department last year.
尽管抓获了像马西亚斯·维利亚马尔这样的大毒枭，并部署了军队在一些城市巡逻，但厄瓜多尔在遏制毒品暴力方面仍面临困境。
Despite capturing powerful kingpins like Macías Villamar, and deploying the military to patrol some cities, Ecuador is struggling to contain drug violence.
据厄瓜多尔内政部统计，自2020年以来，该国的凶杀率增长了五倍。去年，厄瓜多尔记录了近代史上最高的凶杀率，每10万居民中就有50起凶杀案。
The South American country’s homicide rate has quintupled since 2020 , and last year Ecuador recorded its highest homicide rate in recent history — with 50 homicides per every 100,000 residents, according to the Interior Ministry.
诺博阿政府对贩毒组织的打击措施受到了人权组织的批评；因为军方在打击过程中实施了暴行，其中包括在2024年杀害了4名年龄在11至15岁之间的儿童。尽管遭遇了这些负面事件，诺博阿去年仍成功连任，任期四年。此时，选民们对犯罪问题的担忧日益加剧。
Noboa’s response to drug trafficking outfits has come under criticism from human rights groups, as the military commits abuses that include the slayings of four children aged 11 to 15 in 2024. Despite these setbacks, Noboa was reelected to a four-year term last year by voters increasingly concerned with crime.