2026年4月23日 / 美国东部时间早上6:39 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
厄瓜多尔最高法院周三批准将“乔内罗斯”犯罪集团的一名高级头目引渡至美国。
这名达里奥·佩尼亚菲耶尔，绰号“托波”，于今年9月在厄瓜多尔亚马逊地区被捕，据信他当时正在该地区协调非法矿产开采活动。
当局表示，托波与哥伦比亚革命武装力量的一个异见派系有关联，且被纽约一家法院通缉。
根据厄瓜多尔联邦法院的一份声明，对佩尼亚菲耶尔的引渡已获批准，他“将因大规模贩毒罪和使用枪支罪接受审判”。
佩尼亚菲耶尔此前曾因绑架和刑事共谋罪在厄瓜多尔入狱，在服完部分刑期后获释。一起指控他谋杀一名警察的案件已被驳回。
据当地媒体报道，佩尼亚菲耶尔在瓜亚基尔的一所监狱中会见了厄瓜多尔最有权势的毒枭之一阿道夫·马西亚斯，绰号“菲托”。瓜亚基尔是毒品出口枢纽。佩尼亚菲耶尔在狱中成为了马西亚斯的左膀右臂，获释后便为其效力，参与非法黄金开采。
2025年9月14日周六，在亚马逊地区被捕的涉嫌乔内罗斯有组织犯罪集团成员达里奥·“托波”·佩尼亚菲耶尔被押送至瓜亚基尔航空警察基地时，警察将其控制。塞萨尔·穆尼奥斯 / 美联社
马西亚斯今年6月在其臭名昭著的越狱事件后，厄瓜多尔展开大规模行动将其重新抓获，并在丹尼尔·诺沃亚总统的反犯罪打击行动中将其引渡至美国。去年，马西亚斯在纽约市被起诉，罪名是向美国进口数千磅可卡因。他拒不认罪。
近日，美国突击队与厄瓜多尔军队联合开展行动，旨在摧毁一个疑似由被指为恐怖主义毒贩组织运营的沿海犯罪据点。
两名不愿透露姓名的美国官员对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，这次代号为“海上长矛”的行动针对一处建筑群，该据点被认为是乔内罗斯集团高速快艇行动的中转站。这些官员因未获公开发言授权而要求匿名。
这两名美国官员称，美军以顾问角色参与行动，协助并陪同厄瓜多尔军警针对该据点开展行动，这是遏制依赖快速海上航线的贩毒网络整体行动的一部分。
今年3月初，美国与厄瓜多尔启动针对这个南美国家“指定恐怖组织”的联合军事行动。
乔内罗斯集团是厄瓜多尔认定的20个恐怖主义犯罪团伙之一。
High-ranking lieutenant of notorious drug gang to be extradited from Ecuador to U.S.
April 23, 2026 / 6:39 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Ecuador’s top court on Wednesday approved the extradition to the United States of a high-ranking lieutenant of the “Los Choneros” gang.
Dario Penafiel, known as “Topo,” was arrested in September in Ecuador’s Amazon, where he is believed to have been coordinating illegal mineral extraction.
Authorities said Topo had ties to a dissident faction of Colombia’s FARC guerillas and was wanted by a New York court.
The extradition was authorized, according to a statement from the Ecuador’s federal court, for Penafiel “to be tried for large-scale drug trafficking offenses and the use of firearms.”
Penafiel had been imprisoned in Ecuador for kidnapping and criminal conspiracy, and was released after serving a partial sentence. A case against him alleging the murder of a police officer was dismissed.
According to local media, Penafiel met one of Ecuador’s most powerful drug lords, Adolfo Macias, alias “Fito,” in a prison in Guayaquil, a hub for drug exports. Penafiel became his right-hand man behind bars and went to work for him in illegal gold extraction after he was released.
Police officers hold Dario “Topo” Penafiel, an alleged member of the Choneros organized crime group, in place upon his arrival at Aeropolicial after being apprehended in the Amazon, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2025. Cesar Munoz / AP
Macias was recaptured in June in a massive operation launched after his infamous jailbreak and extradited to the United States under President Daniel Noboa’s anti-crime crackdown. Last year, Macias was indicted in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the U.S. He pleaded not guilty.
American commandos recently joined Ecuadorian troops in a joint mission aimed at dismantling a suspected criminal hub operated by an alleged narco-terrorist organization along the country’s coast.
The operation, dubbed Lanza Marina, focused on a compound believed to serve as a staging ground for high-speed boats linked to Los Choneros, according to two U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The two U.S. officials said the American forces worked in advisory roles, assisting and accompanying their Ecuadorian counterparts as they moved against the site, part of a broader effort to curb trafficking networks that rely on fast-moving maritime routes.
In early March, the U.S. and Ecuador launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in the South American country.
Los Choneros is one of 20 criminal gangs declared terrorist groups by Ecuador.