Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has granted preemptive pardons for police and military personnel responding to an armed ...

Gangs, drugs and public safety threats are ravaging Ecuador’s largest city and may push the president to seek help from the ...

Gang infighting has left nearly two dozen people dead in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. 14 people were arrested in the ...

Twenty two people were killed in gun battles in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil on Thursday, in what police said was a ...

Rival factions of drug trafficking gang fight over territory in port city of Guayaquil before a presidential election.

The recent killings show how the government's tough-on-crime response has been minimally effective at best and spurred ...

Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least ...

The government of President Daniel Noboa, who is running for reelection in an April run-off, has intensified security ...

An explosion outside the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador's most dangerous prison, left one guard dead and two injured on ...

Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, has suffered grievously in the country’s ongoing drug-fueled violence epidemic. In 2024, the city recorded nearly 2,000 homicides, government statistics show.