Ecuador

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday that his country was "at war" with drug gangs who are holding more than 130 prison guards and other staff ...

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of “internal armed conflict” and identified more than 20 gangs as terrorist groups, making them military ...

Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across country.

The prison system has long been the main theater of violence in Ecuador. Security forces have struggled to confront the gangs inside overcrowded prisons, where ...

Gruesome social media content related to the ongoing violence is widespread on Elon Musk's social network.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa says his country is “at war” after drug gangs took more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage and briefly ...

New president Daniel Noboa has pledged to hit back at the rising crime that stymied his predecessor, but he faces an uphill battle amid gang control of prisons, ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) - A Ecuadorean journalist who was held hostage by gunmen during the takeover of a Guayaquil TV station and obliged to appear on ...

Schools and stores are shuttered, people are staying home as soldiers roam the streets of Ecuador's biggest cities.

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday the country was in "a state of war" against drug cartels who have carried out a wave of kidnappings and ...

Embracing a violent approach will only create more narco gangs, as they encourage drug gangs to split up and engage in direct confrontations with the state and ...

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for a spike in car bombings, kidnappings and ...

President Noboa has deployed soldiers to take on criminal gangs amid an unprecedented wave of violence.

Military and police operations took place around Ecuador on Thursday in response to a wave of violence and the detention of nearly 180 prison staff by ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Military and police operations took place around Ecuador on Thursday in response to a wave of violence and the detention of nearly 180 ...

Guayaquil eerily quiet as armed forces patrol in wake of stunning wave of arson, bombings and prison riots that killed at least 10.

A live broadcast by station TC in the city of Guayaquil was interrupted on Tuesday by the group, who were wearing hoods and carrying guns. Staff were forced to ...

Gangsters unleashed wave of terror following move by President Daniel Noboa in response to gang leader's prison escape.

Ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks in the wake of a notorious gang leader's apparent weekend escape from prison.

(Reuters) - A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted on Tuesday by balaclava-clad gunmen, the most dramatic recent example of a ...

Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared Los Choneros gang who is better known by his alias Fito, was first reported missing from his cell in the Regional prison ...

GUAYAQUIL/QUITO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted on Tuesday by armed people, with gunshots and ...

A group of armed men took over the station of TC Televisión, in Guayaquil, Ecuador at 2 pm local time. They attempted to take the staff inside hostage.

Ecuador's president has declared a state of “internal armed conflict”. How did the country find itself in the grip of armed gangs?

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering security forces to “neutralize” several criminal groups ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said Tuesday his country is in the grip of “internal armed conflict” amid growing violence across the South American ...

President declares state of 'internal armed conflict' as gang leader escapes from jail and gunmen invade TV studio.

President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days Monday, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in ...