Ecuadorean drug lord and ‘narcoterrorist’ lives free in Catalonia’s Costa Dorada after judicial blunder

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• – Spanish authorities released Ecuadorean drug lord William Joffre Alcivar Bautista, also known as Black Willy, from custody after a judicial blunder, allowing him to live freely on the Costa Dorada region.
• – The Spanish government had been seeking his extradition to the US for alleged cocaine trafficking and terrorism.
• – Alcivar Bautista was considered one of Latin America's most-wanted drug kingpins.