Ecuador's president on Tuesday accused the Venezuelan drug gang Tren de Aragua of financing Indigenous fuel price protests ...

Ecuador's top court on Wednesday authorized the holding of a referendum sought by President Daniel Noboa on constitutional ...

In Ecuador, football is a deadly sport, with players competing in the shadow of match-fixing mafias and under threat of an ...

Two prison riots have erupted in Ecuador within a matter of days, increasing the death toll in prisons to 500 since 2021.

Clashes between drug gangs claimed at least 17 lives at an Ecuadoran prison, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming ...

Ecuador has seen violence spiral in recent years as enemy gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control.

At least 17 prisoners were killed in a brutal riot at Ecuador’s Esmeraldas penitentiary, with many victims showing signs of ...

A deadly prison riot in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, resulted in 17 fatalities. This event is the latest in a series of violent outbreaks in Ecuador's prisons, where gang rivalries for control drive ...

At least 17 people were killed in a prison riot in Ecuador's northern city of Esmeraldas, near the border with Colombia, the country's prison agency said on Thursday.