Ecuador's attorney general's office is investigating eight extrajudicial killings reported to have taken place during the country's most recent state of emergency, after rights groups warned ...

Ecuador's president says country is at war with drug gangs 03:15. The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two weeks in ...

QUITO, Ecuador — A seventh man accused in the August assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate was killed inside a prison in Ecuador's capital, authorities said Saturday, a day after ...

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. Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people ...

Ecuador removes, investigates security officials after killings of suspects in candidate assassination By Reuters October 7, 2023 10:53 PM UTC Updated October 7, 2023 ...

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

When he left for Ecuador, the 30-year-old told his mother he was going to work a construction job there, his mother said. He had never left the country and was eager to earn money in Ecuador’s ...

QUITO, Ecuador — The number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison rose to 17, authorities said Wednesday, ...

QUITO (Reuters) -Eleven soldiers were killed and one was injured in Ecuador's Amazon region during an armed confrontation with a criminal group, the country's defense ministry said on Friday.

Men dressed in fake military uniforms showed up to a cockfight in rural Ecuador and opened fire on unarmed spectators, killing 12 people and harming several others. Footage of the attack in the ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas has been evacuated from prison after an attempt on his life, his lawyer said Sunday, blaming the government for the situation.