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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Ecuador said Friday it will probe the finances of any judge or prosecutor who releases a suspected violent criminal, amid ...

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

In recent years, these international groups and their local proxies have been joined by a new generation of criminal groups known in Ecuador as the “mafias,” which took over the prison system while ...

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 ...