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

Members of the police and military escort Jose Adolfo Macias at Guayaquil prison, Ecuador, August 12, 2023, in a screengrab from a video provided by the Ecuadorean Police.

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 ...

Ecuador's government also reported damages to health care centers and schools. Lasso said he would travel on Saturday to El Oro. In Guayaquil, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of the ...

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.

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) ...

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 ...

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.