Ecuador has become a crucial transit country for moving cocaine to the U.S. and Europe from neighboring Colombia.

Organized crime in Latin America is proving difficult to defeat with the kind of decapitation strategy apparently favored by ...

MIAMI (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday urged Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach ...

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hegseth warned Latin American allies the Trump administration will unilaterally fight drug cartels if countries ...

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it ...