GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals: On the bus, at the park, on the sidewalk, in a cab, by the mall, next to a ...

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The U.S. last year declared Los Lobos to be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador. Duran and the nearby city of Guayaquil are at the epicenter of Ecuador's violence, due in part to ...

In January 2024, the young president declared the country in "internal armed conflict" after the escape of a powerful drug lord from a Guayaquil prison sparked a wave of violence. In Ecuador ...

Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa fell short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, according to results available on Monday, setting the stage for a ...

some voters in Guayaquil, the epicenter of Ecuador’s violence, prefer to cast blank votes to express their discontent. Resident Dario Castro plans to do that Sunday. Last year, he was robbed ...

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Posters bearing the effigy of Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa, a few days before the Ecuadorian presidential election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, February 4, 2025. LUISA GONZALEZ / REUTERS On Monday ...

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Supporters holding cardboard cutouts of President Daniel Noboa during a campaign event on Wednesday in Quito, Ecuador.Credit ... down violence in cities like Guayaquil, but the sense of safety ...

A pregnant woman believed to have lived over a thousand years ago in Ecuador's coastal region may have been part of ritual sacrifice or punishment, according to archaeologists who excavated her ...

He has also advocated for the US to re-establish a military base in Ecuador to help fight the drug trade. He even attended US President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January and later followed ...