Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...

A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven are kidnapped daily, according to government figures. That's why ...

Just 18 months after the last general elections, Ecuadorians are once again heading to the polls for a high-stakes vote in ...

President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...

People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals. And they can just as easily list ...

Ecuador's dueling presidential hopefuls made a last-ditch pitch to late-deciding voters Thursday, wrapping a bitter campaign ...

With the United States as its main international support in the face of the security crisis, Ecuador will vote this Sunday whether or not to reelect President Daniel Noboa, whose mandate in foreign ...

R unning Ecuador seems an unenviable job. In recent years it has become the most violent state in mainland Latin America.

Over the last week, the streets of Central Falls have looked like an abandoned wasteland because people are literally afraid ...

Immigration is the hottest topic in the country these days, particularly the issue of the approximately 11 million ...

The latest data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sheds light on the scale of immigration enforcement ...

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.