Ecuador was plunged into a nationwide state of emergency after one of its most powerful drug lords escaped from prison and an “internal armed conflict” broke out as security forces took on ...

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Friday decreed a state of emergency in three provinces for the next 30 days following uprisings by indigenous communities. In a broadcast message, Lasso ...

Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...

The current right-wing president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has taken a forceful stance towards the rising crime wave, declaring a state of emergency, classifying 22 organized crime groups ...

On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron ...

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno declared a state of emergency as nationwide protests broke out over the end of decades-old fuel subsidies. As the fuel measure came into effect protesters set ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

Ecuador’s youngest ever president has declared numerous states of emergency, deployed military units to tackle gang activity, and began construction on a new maximum-security prison after an ...

Some 14mn Ecuadorans began voting under tight security yesterday, choosing who will lead their violence-wracked Andean nation ...

Ecuador now looks set to follow the recent ... He has also imposed a 60-day state of emergency, during which Ecuadorians will be subject to curfews while armed forces try to restore order in ...