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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A leader of one of Ecuador’s biggest crime syndicates Los Lobos was arrested Friday at his home in the coastal city of Portoviejo, the military said. Carlos D, widely known by his alias “El Chino,” ...

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

"El Chino" was arrested along with two other alleged suspects; authorities seized drugs, firearms and armored vehicles ...