Since January 2024, when Ecuador’s most feared gang leader mysteriously disappeared from his prison cell, a global manhunt has been underway—complete with a $1 million bounty for any tip leading to the arrest of Adolfo Macías, known as “Fito.”

But in a twist straight out of a thriller, the country’s most wanted fugitive was finally found hiding in plain sight—at a relative’s luxury home in his very own hometown.