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

President Daniel Noboa, who is known for his aggressive law-and-order policies, failed to win a majority of votes in his ...

Five people were later imprisoned for his murder, with prosecutors accusing two of them of being members of the notorious Los ...

Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a conservative young ...

The two candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency in a second-round run-off never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals: On the bus, at the park, on the sidewalk, in a cab, by the mall, next to a ...

"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...

Noboa says his deployment of the military on the streets and within prisons has reduced violent deaths by 15%, led to a ...

R unning Ecuador seems an unenviable job. In recent years it has become the most violent state in mainland Latin America.

Correa “disdained Indigenous people,” said Perdomo, adding that now the local community is waiting for instructions from the leadership of the confederation of Indigenous peoples of Ecuador to ...