Citizens of the most violent-wracked provinces have been warned the government is "at war" with the gangs.

Interior Minister John Reimberg said Monday that Ecuadorian troops used authorized artillery to destroy three identified ...

QUITO (Reuters) -The United States announced nearly $20 million in new security commitments for Ecuador during a visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the Andean country on Thursday, as ...

Ecuador's interior minister shared this picture following news of Chavarria's capture [JohnReimberg/X] The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation ...

Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading ...

Both Ecuador and the United States haven’t specified who they’re targeting, locations of operations, or the scope of military ...

QUITO, Ecuador — The United States will designate two of Ecuador's most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin ...

Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports ...

Ecuador is trying to combat the drug mafia and drug challenges recently. The Ecuadorian government has deployed more than ...