Gang massacres in Mexico, Ecuador's hardline measures against drug violence, and legal action by victims of the US' missile ...

Ecuador witnessed a 30% increase in murders in 2025, challenging President Daniel Noboa's government amid turf wars between ...

Caption Ecuadorian authorities seize several tons of cocaine. automation The port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, has become one of the most critical transit points in the worldwide cocaine trade. The ...

Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports ...

Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who were killed by “asphyxiation,” officials said. In the first attack, the ...

The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation involving Spanish police, according to Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa. Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria was the ...

Relatives of Ecuadoran inmates regularly flock to the prison gates to await news of their loved ones after outbreaks of violence The Ecuadoran army was deployed to 19 prisons in 2024 to control drug ...

Images on social media showed five heads tied with ropes on two wooden posts at a popular whale watching destination in Ecuador's southwest.

The United States filed charges against the alleged leader of the powerful Ecuadorean drug trafficking gang Los Lobos, paving the way for his direct extradition from Spain to ...