QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," is set to appear in U.S. federal court on Monday, where he will plead not guilty to international charges of drug and weapons trafficking,

“Macías Villamar poses an extraordinary danger to the community,” U.S. prosecutors wrote in a request that Macías be detained without bail until trial.