Several gunmen attacked the southern neighborhood of Guasmo in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as violence continued to surge in this once-peaceful South American country.
A 27-year-old woman and her press officer were discovered deceased in a car in San Vicente. The woman had previously won the mayoral election in the town.
Members of the "Los Lobos" criminal gang orchestrated the murder of Ecuador's presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, from prison. The chilling revelation points to criminal influence in a high-profile political assassination.
Ecuador's Constitutional Court granted a terminally ill patient's request to decriminalize euthanasia, instructing the National Assembly to pass legislation regulating the procedure within a year.
The wife and children of Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive, Adolfo Macias, also known as "Fito," have been arrested in Argentina and subsequently deported to Ecuador.
Forty-three prisoners are still at large following their escape from a prison in northern Ecuador. In a tumultuous turn of events, 43 prisoners are still on the run following a jailbreak in northern Ecuador, as stated by the SNAI prisons agency on Monday, Reuters reports.
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa, who took office in November with a vow to "restore peace," has declared a state of "internal armed conflict" and designated more than 20 gangs as terrorist groups, making them military targets.
A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted by a group of armed individuals who forced the staff to lie and sit on the floor, with shots and yelling heard.
Ecuador's "most-wanted prisoner," the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, Fito, has disappeared from the jail where he was being held, according to authorities.
Less than 48 hours after being sworn in, Ecuador's new president, Daniel Noboa, has started addressing his country's rising drug problem with the repeal of a controversial law.
It is official! Daniel Noboa is now Ecuador's new president and is now the South American country's youngest president ever. However, he faces some very tough challenges ahead.
Two separate banana shipments from South America were discovered to be hiding tons of cocaine in Europe. Banana shipments from Panama and Ecuador were found to have some cocaine hidden inside.
The Ecuador elections are finally over and a new president-elect has been declared as newbie politician Daniel Noboa, 35, becomes the country's youngest president ever,
Following the killing of seven inmates accused of involvement in Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassination, President Guillermo Lasso announced a major restructuring of the high-ranking security forces on Saturday.
Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, has been rocked by a series of explosions caused by car bombs and this may be related to the country's crackdowns inside prisons.
Ecuador voters are participating in a presidential election that has been overshadowed by the assassination of a prominent candidate, highlighting the issue of drug-trafficking violence in the country.
