Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been ...

Ecuadorian authorities announced the capture of the leader of the notorious Los Choneros drug gang after 18 months on the run ...

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants foreign armies to help crack down on gang violence in the country. In an interview ...

Ecuador was hit with an hours-long nationwide blackout on Wednesday that left the South American nation’s 17 million people ... As of Wednesday night, ... In the capital city of Quito, ...

Inside the world of Ecuador’s cocaine coast, where a network built on stealth and speed helps fishermen smuggle drugs while law enforcement tries to stop them. CNN values your feedback 1.

This screen grab of live video from the TC Television network shows a masked, armed person standing over journalists during a live broadcast, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

Residents of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, are installing gates and walls to protect residents from exploding crime rates, according to a report.

Between 2021 and 2022, Ecuador’s homicide rate rose from 13.7 to over 25 per 100,000, the highest rate in Ecuador’s history, and significantly higher than the global average of 6 per 100,000.

Ecuador's president says country is at war with drug gangs 03:15. The fugitive leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang that relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business has been ...

At least 10 people have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on gangs as Ecuador exploded into a civil war, with hooded gangsters opening fire in a TV studio and prisoners executing guards.

Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young, conservative millionaire over the leftist protégée of the country’s most ...

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants foreign armies to help crack down on gang violence in the country. In an interview with the BBC published Tuesday night, Noboa said he wants US, European ...