Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, who led an air force special operations unit, was the passenger in a van when more than ...

Hitmen gunned down an Ecuadoran air force colonel Friday in a city hard hit by drug crime that has turned the once-peaceful ...

March 25 (UPI) --Ecuador's youngest mayor was found shot to death along with her adviser, police said, as the government cracks down on rising gang violence in the South American country.

President Daniel Noboa, who is known for his aggressive law-and-order policies, failed to win a majority of votes in his ...

A leader of one of Ecuador's biggest crime syndicates Los Lobos ... A prosecutor investigating the assault was later shot dead.

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 ...

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 ...