Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa said he would welcome US troops to help confront the “security crisis” in his nation, ...

Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports ...

Dario Penafiel, known as "Topo," allegedly worked closely with one of Ecuador's most powerful drug lords, Adolfo Macias, ...

Caption Ecuadorian authorities seize several tons of cocaine. automation The port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, has become one of the most critical transit points in the worldwide cocaine trade. The ...

Hardline measures under president Daniel Noboa target escalating drug trafficking linked to a sharp rise in homicide rates.

The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation involving Spanish police, according to Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa. Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria was the ...