Carlos D was the second-in-command of Los Lobos (The Wolves) and "considered a high-value target," the armed forces said in a ...

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.

Two illegal migrants, including one wearing an ankle monitor, allegedly murdered a Chicago man they met on a dating app — ...

Sporting gloves and a red ribbon to ward off evil, Ecuadoran police raiding a drug den apprehensively inspect an altar to ...

The boys’ disappearance takes place amid a crackdown on gang-related crime in Ecuador that has included several state of emergency declarations. Those orders have granted wide-ranging powers to state ...

A year after Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared war on organized crime, the country is grappling with a surge in ...

Ecuador Court Doles Out Prison Terms in $43 ... while four of those found guilty were also convicted on organized crime charges on Thursday linked to the Albanian mafia. In Spain, other suspects ...

The same morning that 26 people from China landed in Coral Gables in what authorities say was a migrant smuggling operation, ...

"If anything happens to him, it will be a crime of the State." Ecuador's SNAI prisons agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Glas was detained in April after Ecuadorean ...

The Ecuadorian coastal province El Oro has emerged as a new hotspot for violence, as splintering criminal groups compete for control of the region’s lucrative criminal economies.

February's vote pits President Noboa against a familiar correísta opponent in a context of security, electricity, and ...