Colombian police arrested the wife and daughter of Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," the leader of Los Choneros, an Ecuadorian gang with ties to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Inda Mariela Penarrieta Tuarez and Michelle Jamileth Macias Penarrieta were detained in Sabana de Torres, northeastern Colombia, in an operation involving the FBI and Ecuadorian authorities. Ecuador is investigating the women for allegedly using shell companies to launder Los Choneros' money. President Abelardo de la Espriella said Colombia would not be a refuge for the finances of transnational crime and said he would send the women to President Daniel Noboa's government to face justice. Macias was recaptured and extradited to the United States last year after escaping from an Ecuadorian prison in January 2024. He faces seven charges in New York, including drug and arms trafficking, and has pleaded not guilty.