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

Ecuadorian gangs are creeping into Peru, drawn by drug trafficking and illegal mining profits, and pushed by a security ...

The run-off will be a repeat of the 2023 snap election, prompted by the dissolution of the National Assembly, in which Noboa earned a truncated 16-month presidency after the wealthy businessman ...

Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, who led an air force special operations unit, was the passenger in a van when more than 20 shots were fired.

But Ecuador has nevertheless continued to suffer from high levels of violence and organised crime. Who are the candidates? Which issues are voters focused on? And what can opinion polls tell us ...

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug ...

Ecuador's presidential election will go to a second round after a closely contested first-round result failed to produce an outright winner.

The Latin American country’s incumbent center-right leader Daniel Noboa faces an April run-off vote against left-wing challenger Luisa González.

Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa ... will decide if the Latin American country will stick with Noboa’s tough crackdown on crime or seek an alternative voice in Luisa González ...

Noboa shrugs off a recent rise in crime, saying nothing can be resolved in just a year. Polls show many are willing to give him more time. The 37-year-old, heir to one of Ecuador's richest banana ...

Ecuador has become a cocaine trafficking hub, according to security experts and a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report. Though Ecuador has historically avoided the cocaine trade ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday took another step in his effort to enlist foreign military assistance to combat the drug cartels and organized crime groups that ...