FOR years considered a haven of safety and natural beauty, Ecuador is now gripped by brutal cartel warfare – giving the ...

The Sucumbios region, where a reportedly Brit man was lynched on Easter Sunday, has been engulfed in flashes of violence that ...

A flood of cocaine from Colombia and Peru through Ecuadoran ports has created a plethora of mafias with striking names and ...

President Noboa was re-elected for a four-year term with 56% of the votes over leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez. In a message ...

The persistent violence Ecuador began experiencing four years ago. The spike in crime is tied to the trafficking of cocaine ...

The drug is smuggled into Ecuador from neighbouring Colombia and Peru – the world's two largest producers of cocaine. This January saw 781 murders, making it the deadliest month in recent years.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that his ... Petro additionally suggested that some of the results announced by Ecuador’s election authority CNE may have been fraudulent. “I believe ...

The Albanian mafia has expanded its presence in Ecuador in recent years, drawn by key trafficking routes through the country, ...

Colombia hosts Ecuador on Tuesday as CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying continues with a clash in Barranquilla. Ecuador is coming off a 4-0 thrashing of Bolivia on Thursday, moving El Tricolor up to ...

Ecuador’s location – flanked by the world’s top cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia – and its deep-water ports make it a key transit point for narcotics. But its vulnerability goes beyond ...