{"id":348895,"date":"2026-08-13T12:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/?p=348895"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:45:44","slug":"podcast-gio-fito-cuando-rap-gangsta-se-vuelve-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/podcast-gio-fito-cuando-rap-gangsta-se-vuelve-real\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00f3dcast | Gio y Fito: Cuando el rap Gangsta se vuelve real"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light has-parallax wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"min-height:495px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-348902 size-large has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EP04-Espanol-16-x-9-1024x576.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#fffbe8\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-large-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3aa1daa7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube ic-podcast-embed wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EP04 - Gio y Fito: Cuando el rap Gangsta se vuelve real | Espa\u00f1ol\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsMwpKeN0M4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-\">Gio era un rapero gangsta. Tambi\u00e9n era la mano derecha del criminal m\u00e1s conocido de Ecuador, el l\u00edder de Los Choneros, alias \u201cFito\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5e6838b4df11efbea398fd6ddb8f48a6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#356e84;font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fed644\" class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-gray-color\">*Este episodio tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 disponible en <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/audio-es\/insight-crime-espanol\/podcast-una-casa-marcada-extorsion-ecuador\/\">ingl\u00e9s<\/a>.<\/mark> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right alignwide\" id=\"h-escuchar\" style=\"font-size:27px\">Escuchar<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-normal-font-size is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b190f3d9 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLTMZ7-ZtNYJGj5OFpZDyN7sBmDzSmpcJK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/394sxYfsdL6deIP6sHp9ot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.es\/podcasts\/f587b666-178c-4958-8fb1-d22e3841dfa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-medium-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/insight-crime-podcast\/id6793280449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-sobre-este-episodio\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sobre este episodio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jorge Mora Villamar, conocido por sus seguidores como Gio, fue rapero, productor musical y DJ. Su talento lo sac\u00f3 de la pobreza y de las calles de Guayaquil. Pero tambi\u00e9n lo llev\u00f3 al c\u00edrculo \u00edntimo del jefe criminal m\u00e1s notorio de Ecuador y le dio un lugar en primera fila para ver c\u00f3mo la violencia criminal transformaba su pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuando conocimos a Gio en 2024, nos explic\u00f3 c\u00f3mo funcionaba la mafia de Los Choneros y c\u00f3mo combinaba la guerra entre pandillas en las calles con una \u201cguerra digital\u201d librada a trav\u00e9s de su propia red de m\u00fasicos. Tambi\u00e9n describi\u00f3 las maniobras, alianzas y traiciones de la mafia que hab\u00edan llevado a Ecuador a un periodo de violencia implacable y brutal que contin\u00faa hasta hoy. Lo que Gio nos cont\u00f3 nos ayud\u00f3 a analizar la estructura del crimen organizado ecuatoriano y a explicar c\u00f3mo un pa\u00eds que alguna vez fue considerado uno de los lugares m\u00e1s pac\u00edficos de Suram\u00e9rica pudo convertirse en uno de los m\u00e1s violentos del mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pero Gio tambi\u00e9n nos cont\u00f3 su propia historia: su recorrido desde la adicci\u00f3n a las drogas hasta el rap y luego al mundo criminal. Nos habl\u00f3 de su estrecha relaci\u00f3n con una de las figuras m\u00e1s infames de la historia reciente de Ecuador: el l\u00edder de Los Choneros, Jos\u00e9 Adolfo Mac\u00edas Villamar, alias \u201cFito\u201d. Esa parte de la historia no pudimos contarla en su momento porque habr\u00eda puesto en riesgo su vida y su libertad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pero un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s, Gio fue asesinado. Desconocidos dispararon 28 veces contra su camioneta.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entonces, en este episodio, les contamos su historia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-contexto\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contexto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador\/los-choneros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choneros<\/a> son pioneros criminales que transformaron el submundo criminal de <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecuador<\/a>. Lo que comenz\u00f3 como una banda de delincuentes comunes de las calles experiment\u00f3 una transformaci\u00f3n radical mientras sus integrantes estaban en prisi\u00f3n. Bajo el liderazgo carism\u00e1tico de Jorge Luis Zambrano, alias \u201cRasqui\u00f1a\u201d, el grupo reclut\u00f3 a menores y pandillas juveniles hasta convertirse en una federaci\u00f3n criminal que tom\u00f3 el control del sistema penitenciario y se expandi\u00f3 por todo el pa\u00eds. Los Choneros utilizaron su poder y alcance para establecerse como un ej\u00e9rcito mercenario, ofreciendo sus servicios a narcotraficantes transnacionales y \u00e9lites criminales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La federaci\u00f3n de Los Choneros comenz\u00f3 a desintegrarse tras el asesinato de Rasqui\u00f1a en 2020. El enfrentamiento con grupos disidentes como <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador\/lobos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Lobos<\/a>, Los <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador\/los-tiguerones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tiguerones<\/a> y Los <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador\/chone-killers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chone Killers<\/a> provoc\u00f3 una serie de brutales masacres carcelarias y dispar\u00f3 las tasas de homicidios a nivel nacional. El sucesor de Rasqui\u00f1a, Jos\u00e9 Adolfo Mac\u00edas Villamar, alias \u201cFito\u201d, se convirti\u00f3 en el rostro de esta crisis de seguridad mientras dirig\u00eda las operaciones de Los Choneros desde una prisi\u00f3n que hab\u00eda convertido en su centro de mando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fito escap\u00f3 de prisi\u00f3n en 2024, despu\u00e9s de que el entonces nuevo presidente de l\u00ednea dura de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, ordenara su traslado a una celda de m\u00e1xima seguridad. Sin embargo, fue capturado un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s y extraditado a Estados Unidos. Desde entonces, Los Choneros han perdido poder y territorio a medida que el cada vez m\u00e1s violento submundo criminal de Ecuador atraviesa un periodo de fragmentaci\u00f3n, en el que las pandillas de las calles ya no responden a sus antiguos jefes mafiosos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-creditos\">Cr\u00e9ditos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4c3d31c9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guion<br><\/strong>James Bargent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Narraci\u00f3n<br><\/strong>Karol Noro\u00f1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Investigaci\u00f3n<br><\/strong>James Bargent, Karol Noro\u00f1a y Mathew Charles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Edici\u00f3n<\/strong><br>Liza Schmidt, Tom\u00e1s Uprimny y Steven Dudley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Producci\u00f3n ejecutiva<\/strong><br>Steven Dudley y Elisa Rold\u00e1n <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Direcci\u00f3n creativa<br><\/strong>Elisa Rold\u00e1n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dise\u00f1o sonoro<\/strong><br>Valentina Fonseca, Juan Felipe Pulido<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico<\/strong><br>Isabella Soto<br><br><strong>Marketing y redes sociales <\/strong><br>Paula Rojas e Isabella Soto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha is-grid columns-5 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-square \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"348895\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Contenido relacionado<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"137286\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ecuador-pais tag-grupos-ecuador category-noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias-crimen-organizado-ecuador\/los-choneros\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Los Choneros\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=900%2C900&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grupo-Criminal-Los-Choneros.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/ecuador-captura-lider-choneros-fito-guerra-bandas-criminales-continua\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">La ca\u00edda de &#8216;Fito&#8217;: lo que significa \u2014y lo que no\u2014 para el mundo criminal de Ecuador<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"296988\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-choneros-es tag-cocaina tag-ecuador-pais tag-prisiones-es tag-series-guerra-pandillas-ecuador category-investigaciones type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/revolucion-rasquina-como-choneros-tomaron-prisiones-ecuador\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"La revoluci\u00f3n de Rasqui\u00f1a: c\u00f3mo Los Choneros tomaron las prisiones de Ecuador\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ecuador-Prisons-Cover-Caso-de-Estudio-1-InSight-Crime-Nov-2024.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/revolucion-rasquina-como-choneros-tomaron-prisiones-ecuador\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">La revoluci\u00f3n de Rasqui\u00f1a: c\u00f3mo Los Choneros tomaron las prisiones de Ecuador<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"316573\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-choneros-es tag-ecuador-pais tag-series-insights-del-verano category-noticias category-series-anuales type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/series-anuales\/insights-del-verano-2025-fito-ascenso-y-caida-del-jefe-criminal-mas-buscado-de-ecuador\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fito: Ascenso y ca\u00edda del jefe criminal m\u00e1s buscado de Ecuador\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-1FitoESP-Summer-InSights-2025.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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