An explosion outside the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador's most dangerous prison, left one guard dead and two injured on ...

The recent killings show how the government's tough-on-crime response has been minimally effective at best and spurred ...

Gang infighting has left nearly two dozen people dead in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. 14 people were arrested in the aftermath of the Thursday skirmish.

Ecuador's president announced on Friday an amnesty for security forces fighting drug cartels in the port city of Guayaquil, ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has granted preemptive pardons for police and military personnel responding to an armed attack that killed at least 22 in the southern city of Guayaquil yesterday.

Infighting between factions of a gang vying for control over territory in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil left nearly two ...

Rival factions of drug trafficking gang fight over territory in port city of Guayaquil before a presidential election.

Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio ... was a vocal critic of organized crime and corruption in Ecuador. A state of emergency has been declared ahead of the Aug. 20 election, ...

TBILISI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - A presidential election held on ... 2 bomb found 4:41 PM UTC Twenty two people were killed in gun battles in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil on Thursday, in what ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa campaigns ahead of the first-round presidential election in Quito, Ecuador, Feb. 6, 2025 (AP photo by Dolores Ochoa). QUITO, Ecuador—Ecuadorian President Daniel ...

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed, without evidence, that the first round of the country’s presidential election was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round ...