Fuel theft has spiked as armed forces grapple with a new front in the country’s crime war that recent diesel subsidy cuts ...

(Reuters) -Ecuador's armed forces said on Wednesday that 17 soldiers who had been kidnapped were freed after three days in captivity. The troops were part of a convoy delivering food to families in ...

A violent clash between law enforcement and indigenous protesters in Ecuador has left one civilian dead and 12 soldiers ...

A humanitarian convoy led by Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa was attacked and 17 soldiers taken hostage on Sunday night, ...

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, ...

Ecuador has seen violence spiral in recent years as enemy gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control.

Ecuador's top court on Wednesday authorized the holding of a referendum sought by President Daniel Noboa on constitutional ...

Rolando "Fede" Gomez, 39, is accused of leading Los Aguilas, an armed wing of Ecuador's powerful Los Choneros gang.

Ecuadorian prosecutors have charged former Interior Minister José Serrano with helping plan the high-profile assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023, marking a crucial moment in the ...

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 (Reuters) -On Sunday, Ecuador's Electoral Council approved the holding of a referendum in November for citizens to ...