Local contacts help CNN Senior National Correspondent David Culver and team navigate through rival gang territory in Tres ...

Dozens of gunmen have attacked a boat off Ecuador’s southeast coast. Local news reports say that the suspects killed several people after opening fire on the boat and launching explosives at it.

The United States and Ecuador have signed a bilateral agreement meant to disrupt transnational criminal networks. U.S.

State-run Petroperu is working on a framework agreement with its counterpart Petroecuador to connect oil wells in Ecuador ...

When Ecuadorians voted two years ago to block oil drilling in Yasuni National Park, it was a triumph for environmentalists ...

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

In July 2025, a criminal court in Loja handed down Ecuador’s first conviction for "asociación ilícita", or "illicit association," in an intellectual property case.

Notorious Ecuadoran drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," pleaded not guilty to narcotics charges in a US court Monday, a month after he was recaptured following a 2024 escape from a maximum ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Sunday's presidential election in Ecuador is one of the closest and most decisive in recent years. It comes as drug gang violence hits record levels, with Ecuador now ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has introduced a bill in the National Assembly to regulate the funding and activities of ...

Colombia's Foreign Ministry on Friday criticized Ecuador for deporting large numbers of Colombian citizens without a formal ...

WCCO A woman named Alejandra told WCCO her court date is scheduled for February 2025. In the meantime, Alejandra, who was a nurse in Ecuador, comes here, always thinking of her family back home.