Ecuadorians will head to the polls on Sunday in a runoff presidential election, choosing between a conservative incumbent or ...

A flood of cocaine from Colombia and Peru through Ecuadoran ports has created a plethora of mafias with striking names and ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar — known as "Fito" — has led Los Choneros and its "network of assassins and drug and weapon ...

Construction of a new naval facility in the coastal city of Manta is designed to support sustained operations and US military ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has told the BBC he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his "war" against ...

In a local radio interview earlier this month, Noboa said his government was “already in talks” to receive foreign military ...

The indictment of one of Ecuador’s top criminals by the US suggests that it is increasingly seeking US security support in ...

The surge is fueled by drug trafficking routes, turf wars, and alliances between local gangs and foreign cartels. In cities like Guayaquil and Durán, CNN joined Ecuador’s military and police ...

Police officers patrol the streets of Ecuador amid an escalation of gang violence. [Xinhua] At least 14 civil servants in Ecuador, including judges and police officers, were arrested on Wednesday ...

The fugitive leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang ... war on drug gangs blamed for a surge in violent crime in the once-peaceful South American country. Earlier this year, a leader of one of ...