Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa fell short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, ...

"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...

Noboa's blend of populist bravado, aggressive security policies and alignment with Trumpian politics has positioned him, at ...

“I declared war on terrorists,” Noboa told CNN ... two of them of being members of the notorious Los Lobos gang. Alongside ...

Drug-related violence that has rocked Ecuador in recent years is once again the biggest issue for many voters in Sunday's ...

Opposing them too openly can prove fatal: In 2023, the right-wing politician Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated by ...

Whoever wins the presidential election will be tasked with restoring security to the country.

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.

A former gang member ... as he leads a war on drug gangs blamed for a surge in violent crime in the once-peaceful South American country. Just last week, a leader of one of Ecuador's biggest ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ecuador’s 37-year ... pledged to persist with the war he declared on organized crime that saw him send the military into the streets and into the gang-controlled prison system.

His father, Marcos Elías León Maruri, was kidnapped there by the Los Tiguerones gang. A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven ... We're in a war. Mafias use machine guns, grenades.

“I declared war on terrorists ... members of the notorious Los Lobos gang. Alongside crime, drought from the El Niño weather phenomenon has crippled Ecuador’s hydroelectric plants and ...