Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least ...

Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias El Fito, escaped from jail in Ecuador more than a year ago and an international hunt for the ...

Ecuador will choose its next president in a ... tied to the trafficking of cocaine produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru. So many voters have become crime victims that their personal and ...

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug cartels and various organized crime groups.

Thousands of tons are extracted every month, a large part, from the international waters located off the seas of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. The main player behind that voracious appetite is China ...

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

Peru did change its laws to allow for therapeutic abortions, in which a pregnancy involves serious health risks, but access on the ground remains restricted, just like in Ecuador. “That took years and ...

The government of President Daniel Noboa, who is running for reelection in an April run-off, has intensified security ...

Ecuador is home to an estimated 20 criminal ... million that is squeezed between the world's biggest cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia. In recent years, the nation has been plunged into ...

Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least ...

The trafficking of cocaine produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru has contributed to skyrocketing rates of homicide, kidnapping and extortion. Ecuador’s National Electoral Council said that ...