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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.