Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa replaced the Interior Minister in charge of public safety and appointed a retired police ...

Clashes between rival criminal groups claimed the lives of 14 people over the weekend in Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, the epicent ...

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

According to police, Colonel Porfirio Cedeno, who oversaw an air force special operations team, was shot many times while on ...

Hitmen on Friday gunned down an Ecuadoran colonel in charge of anti-drug operations in a city hard-hit by the narco crime ...

Incumbent President Daniel Noboa will face Luisa Gonzalez in Ecuador's April runoff election. Their agendas are polar ...

Cedeno was traveling from Guayaquil to Manta ... In 2023, Ecuador registered a record 47 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Under a state of emergency and military crackdown launched by President ...

Ecuador's president admitted Tuesday that cartels and gangs move $30 billion worth of drugs, arms and other illicit goods through his country a year ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Feb 15, 2025 (AFP ... Under a state of emergency and military crackdown launched by President Daniel Noboa, in office since November 2023, that figure dropped to 38 per 100,000 ...