Police say the bloodshed was the local result of a national phenomenon in Ecuador: the fracturing of dangerous criminal ...

Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and Mexican ...

Ecuador's chaotic gang landscape in Nueva Prosperina and Duran sees spiking violence as criminal groups splinter after ...

Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and Mexican ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Two explosions rocked different parts of Ecuador on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after a vehicle exploded in a port city in the South American country and left one person dead.

Interior Minister John Reimberg accused “Los Lobos,” one of Ecuador’s largest criminal gangs, which is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States, and dissidents of the ...

Police, firefighters and security officials inspect the damage at the site of a car explosion on a shopping street in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 14, 2025 [Cesar Munoz/AP Photo] Explosions have ...

Taking from Trump’s playbook and reviving colonial trope, President Noboa labelled Indigenous protesters ‘terrorists’ ...

Car bombings, massacres, extortion, and a security force outgunned by drug gangs: the mayor of Ecuador's most violent city ...

Ecuador's president has said someone attempted to poison him by putting three highly concentrated toxic substances in gifts of chocolate and jam. Daniel Noboa said his team had proof to support the ...