The extraditions to the United States of key members of the Choneros is a litmus test for Ecuador’s kingpin strategy of culling criminal organizations from the top down. Among those on the list for extradition is Ronald Javier Macías Villamar, alias “Javi,” the brother of former Choneros leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito.” Javi was arrested for homicide and money laundering in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 16, and was quickly sent to a maximum-security prison in Ecuador.