QUITO (Reuters) -Gunmen killed at least 17 people and injured 11 more in an attack on a bar in Ecuador's coastal Guayas province, the country's attorney general's office said on Monday, saying it was ...

The South American nation has reeled under a substantial increase in violent crime over the last several years.

The Ecuadorian telecommunications operator continues with expansion as it works with authorities to restore license ...

In Ecuador's Guayas province, a bar attack resulted in 17 deaths and 11 injuries. The attack is linked to criminal groups ...

Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has been extradited to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a ...

José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar, the alleged leader of Los Choneros, will face drug and weapons charges in New York ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is "Fito," escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured June.

In Guayaquil, Ecuador’s biggest city, a surge in deaths has overwhelmed health care and burial services. Scenes of bodies on sidewalks and desperate families serve as a warning for the region.

Adolfo Macias, aka 'Fito,' took part in a court hearing via video link from a high-security prison in Guayaquil. After months ...

In two weeks, 1,900 bodies were collected from Guayaquil’s hospitals and homes for burial, a fivefold increase in the city’s usual mortality rate, according to Ecuador’s government.

Ecuador says deadly Guayaquil blast connected to crime gangs, investigation ongoing By Alexandra Valencia August 15, 202212:46 PM PDTUpdated August 15, 2022 ...

Rosangelys Valdiviezo, a Venezuelan migrant living in Guayaquil, Ecuador, filmed video April 2-3 showing the covered-up corpse of one of her neighbors. (Video: Rosangelys Valdiviezo) ...