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

So many voters have become crime victims that their personal and collective losses were a determining factor in deciding whether a third president in four years could turn Ecuador around or if Noboa ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Today, the Latin Kings in Ecuador could number in the hundreds of thousands, according to one Latin King leader. Other sources told InSight Crime in 2024 that the Latin Kings are one of the largest ...

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 ...