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

José Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared gang Los Choneros, is the first local drug kingpin to be handed over. His trial is ...

Manuel Lázaro has been identified as the shooter involved in another horrible TikTok live-stream shooting. His full name is ...

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

Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and ...

Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, has been transformed by violence. Reporting was contributed by Thalíe Ponce in Guayaquil, José María León in Quito and Genevieve Glatsky in Bogotá.

Guayaquil, on Ecuador's southern Pacific coast, is the country's largest city, biggest port and economic hub, but in recent years has become the increasingly bloody center of a gang turf war. The ...

Ecuador’s emergency phone service was so inundated with calls that it collapsed, not just in Guayaquil but nationwide. In the midst of this crisis, hundreds of bodies were lost, misplaced, or ...

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) ...

The streets of Ecuador’s western city of Guayaquil are deserted, with few residents in sight – and a few dead, as bodies are being left in the streets of this overwhelmed place.

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.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — The last thing César wanted to do was say goodbye to not just one son, but two of them, including the married one with two young children. Aníbal, 30, offered ...