The Ecuadorian army has taken journalists on a tour of the Cotopaxi prison to show they have regained control of the facility ...

Officials believe the man - known as Lobo Menor - is linked to the killing of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.

Illegal taps on Ecuador's fuel pipelines surged 34-fold since 2022 as cocaine gangs cash in on rising oil prices and a $100 ...

QUITO (Reuters) -The United States announced nearly $20 million in new security commitments for Ecuador during a visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the Andean country on Thursday, as ...

Citizens of the most violent-wracked provinces have been warned the government is "at war" with the gangs.

QUITO, Ecuador — The United States will designate two of Ecuador's most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...

The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation involving Spanish police, according to Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa. Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria was the ...

Explosions have rocked different parts of Ecuador, with officials accusing a local criminal gang and Colombian ex-FARC dissidents of targeting two bridges in retaliation for a major military operation ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin ...

Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports ...