Bathers found five decapitated heads displayed on a beach in Ecuador in what appears to be a warning to gang members who have ...

Ecuador's Intelligence Law would expand the authority of the Strategic Intelligence Center, allowing it to collect personal data, conduct wiretaps and carry out raids without a court order. That law ...

In an election dominated by concerns about the rising threat of organized crime, Ecuador voted in current President Daniel Noboa for a full four-year term, during which he will have a chance to create ...

Over the past decade, drug trafficking and organized crime have transformed Ecuador from one of Latin America's safest countries into one of the most dangerous places in the world. According to the ...

The majority of the UK's cocaine transits through ports in Ecuador, and Minister Elmore is in the country to see first-hand the joint work to stop the illegal trade at source - meeting frontline ...

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Ecuador has emerged as the most insecure country in Latin America, with its homicide rate surging to an unprecedented 38.8 per 100,000 inhabitants — up sharply from just 6.46 in 2015, according to an ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday promised security aid to violence-wracked Ecuador as he sought to rally the region behind a force-first anti-crime campaign following a US strike on a ...

QUITO — The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said ...