In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic ...

That “mano dura” approach has shown limited results. The homicide rate in 2024 dropped nearly 20 percent — but figures remain ...

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...

Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...

President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...

People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals. And they can just as easily list ...

Drug-related violence that has rocked Ecuador in recent years is once again the biggest issue for many voters in Sunday's ...

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.

An Ecuadorean anti-corruption court sentenced eight people to over 17 years in prison and sanctioned three companies for their role in a money laundering scheme linked to the Albanian mafia, the ...

An Ecuadorean anti-corruption court sentenced eight people to prison and sanctioned three companies for their role in a money laundering scheme linked to the Albanian mafia, the prosecutor's office in ...

There are many ways Jason Riddle is trying to get on with his life. A presidential pardon isn’t one of them. He knows what he did was wrong. He knows why he did it. He’s paid his debt. There ...

Farhad, the father, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Farbod received a 50-month ... Robert Packer, a Newport News man seen on the day of the riot wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweater ...