On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron ...

A pregnant woman believed to have lived over a thousand years ago in Ecuador's coastal region may have been part of ritual sacrifice or punishment, according to archaeologists who excavated her ...

BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Off Coast of Ecuador at 1421 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter ...

Carlos D was the second-in-command of Los Lobos (The Wolves) and "considered a high-value target," the armed forces said in a statement.

To read about unusual infant burials along Ecuador's coast, go to "Protecting the Young." Grave goods from the woman's burial, including mascaras (C, G, H, R, S, T), spondylus pendants (Q ...

The United States formally left the Manta military base in Ecuador on Friday at 9.00 a.m. local time, at a ceremony in which Ecuadorian authorities took full control of the Pacific Coast facilities.

One prison has been under construction in the coastal province of Santa Elena since June 2024, for which 30 hectares (74 acres) of tropical dry forest, one of Ecuador’s most threatened ...