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

In a darkened military command center near the Peruvian border, eight Ecuadoran marines armed with rusting M4 rifles prepare ...

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

Hitmen gunned down an Ecuadoran air force colonel Friday in a city hard hit by drug crime that has turned the once-peaceful ...

Gang members are turning to Santa Muerte to shield them from law enforcement and ensure the success of their operations.

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed, without evidence, that the first round of the country’s presidential race was rife ...

Whoever wins the presidential election will be tasked with restoring security to the country.

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

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

seeking re-election Sunday as he leads a war on drug gangs blamed for a surge in violent crime in the once-peaceful South American country. Just last week, a leader of one of Ecuador's biggest ...

His father, Marcos Elías León Maruri, was kidnapped there by the Los Tiguerones gang. A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven are kidnapped daily, according to government figures.