In one incident, gunmen on motorcycles fired into a crowd gathered outside a grocery store, killing a child and six adults, ...

Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, who led an air force special operations unit, was the passenger in a van when more than 20 shots were fired.

He did not provide details of the other killings. Guayaquil is the capital ... violence in the once-peaceful South American country. Ecuador is home to an estimated 20 criminal gangs involved ...

January was Ecuador’s deadliest month on record, with 731 homicides. The conservative Noboa earlier this month won one of two spots in an April runoff election .

Luis Naula-Candelario, 29, is accused of killing Brenda Alexandra Garcia Puya in Ecuador in April 2019. He had been on the country's most-wanted list of violent fugitives, the Marshals Service said.

Noboa, first elected in 2023 to finish out his predecessor’s term, says his deployment of the military on the streets and ...

The military issued a reward -- the amount was not specified -- for the arrest of those responsible for the killing. Ecuador is home to an estimated 20 criminal gangs involved in trafficking ...

What Ohio and local laws say about dumpster diving Naula-Candelario, 29, was wanted for allegedly killing Brenda Alexandra Garcia Puya in Ecuador in April 2019. He was on the country’s most ...