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

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

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

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

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

During his 15 months in office Noboa has declared a state of emergency, deployed the army ... bodies were recently found near an army base. "Ecuador is in a very difficult moment, I think in ...

Presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez addresses a gathering of her supporters in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday ... During his 15 months in office Noboa has declared a state of emergency, deployed the army ...

The president of violence-hit Ecuador, Daniel Noboa ... During his 15 months in office he has declared a state of emergency, deployed the army to the streets and amassed extraordinary executive ...

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 ...

The judges don't judge' - President Daniel Noboa has responded to Ecuador's security crisis by declaring a state of emergency, making high-profile arrests and sending the military onto the streets ...

Australia and Asia via Ecuador's ports. That trade has brought record rates of murder, kidnapping and extortion. Noboa has responded by declaring a state of emergency, deploying the army across ...