Hitmen gunned down an Ecuadoran air force colonel yesterday in a city hard hit by drug crime that has turned ... gangs that has seen homicide rates in Ecuador soar. The van ended up stalled ...

Last month, the military said a leader of one of Ecuador's biggest crime syndicates, Los Lobos, was arrested at his home in the coastal city of Portoviejo. The U.S. last year declared Los Lobos to ...

So who will rule? It’ll be Luisa (González).” Why has violence spiked in the country? Ecuador has become a cocaine trafficking hub, according to security experts and a United Nations Office ...

where a state of emergency has been in place since January as authorities battle to curtail spiraling violence in the once-peaceful South American country. Ecuador is home to an estimated 20 ...

Just last week, a leader of one of Ecuador's biggest crime syndicates, Los Lobos, was arrested at his home in the coastal city of Portoviejo. The U.S. last year declared Los Lobos to be the ...

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug cartels and various organized crime groups QUITO, Ecuador -- QUITO ...

Some 14 million Ecuadorans will go to the polls on Sunday to decide who will lead the violence-wracked country ... and cartel turf wars that have turned Ecuador from one of the safest countries ...

Fernanda Iza (left) believes Daniel Noboa's measures to tackle violent crime in Ecuador are working Juan Diego Escobar, 16, expressed optimism about Noboa's chances. "I think the majority of ...

But Ecuador has nevertheless continued to suffer from high levels of violence and organised crime. Who are the candidates? Which issues are voters focused on? And what can opinion polls tell us ...

On Sunday, voters will decide whether to stick with Noboa’s course against the country’s crime epidemic or seek an alternative voice in his political ... He has also advocated for the US to ...