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

Incumbent President Daniel Noboa will face Luisa Gonzalez in Ecuador's April runoff election. Their agendas are polar opposites. The post Ecuador's Presidential Election Is Inflaming Its Polarization ...

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.

Concerns about the sputtering economy and cartel territorial battles have dominated the campaigns, transforming Ecuador from ...

Why has violence spiked in the country? Ecuador has become a cocaine trafficking hub ... Between 2021 and 2023, according to ...

With about 90 percent of the ballots counted, Noboa had garnered 44.4 percent of the vote and rival Luisa Gonzalez was on ...

Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The ...

The proposed Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement threatens Indigenous rights in Ecuador and must be rejected by Canadian ...

A former gang member told AFP some colleagues have been known to make human sacrifices ... peaceful South American country. Just last week, a leader of one of Ecuador's biggest crime syndicates ...