Gangs, drugs and public safety threats are ravaging Ecuador’s largest city and may push the president to seek help from the ...

A federal grand jury indicted six Colombian nationals for operating a narco-submarine fleet to bring 5,000 kilograms of ...

Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least ...

Three Ecuadorian nationals admitted in District Court to smuggling 800 kilograms of cocaine after their vessel was intercepted in international waters, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith announced.

After a positive indication and the drug detection dog KYBERR followed a physical check, where 45 packages were seized ...

Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias El Fito, escaped from jail in Ecuador more than a year ago and an international hunt for the ...

Massive drug bust uncovers Ecuador-Europe drug trafficking network, leading to seizure of 73 tonnes of drugs and 36 arrests.

By Mathew Cohen Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa announced on March 11 that he had formed a “strategic alliance” with US ...

Police and Customs Department officials find 96kg of cocaine hidden in container from Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil ...

The government of President Daniel Noboa, who is running for reelection in an April run-off, has intensified security ...

Sandwiched between Colombia and Peru, top producers of cocaine, Ecuador has become caught up in the drug trade and the violence that always follows it. Its efficient transport and export system ...