Hundreds of soldiers patrolled near-deserted streets in Ecuador's capital Wednesday after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other, leaving residents gripped with fear.

Ecuador, once known as the region’s “Island ... during the day police and military set up roving checkpoints on the streets of Guayaquil. They stop drivers and pat them down to inspect them ...

Ecuador was rocked by a series of attacks after the government imposed a state of emergency in the wake of the escape of gang leader Adolfo 'Fito' Macías from prison.

Ecuador has erupted into a 'civil war' with cartel thugs after the president ordered the army onto the streets and declared a state of 'internal armed conflict'. Crazed criminals have rampaged ...

The streets in Ecuador fell silent the day after hooded gunman invaded a live television broadcast, as President Daniel Noboa declared a "state of war" on drug-trafficking gangs. Residents in the ...

Deep in Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park, 2,200 illegal miners work in conditions that would shock Charles Dickens. They're ...

Ecuador was one of the calmest countries in ... Cartel-aided gangs are battling for control of the streets, prisons and drug routes to the Pacific. Dwindling state coffers, political infighting ...

The video shows flooded streets in north of Loja. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@DanielSam_1976 via Spectee”. Video Location: North of Loja, Ecuador Video Recording Date/Time ...