At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country's ...

Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was captured in June after escaping from a maximum security prison last year in a jailbreak that ...

Jose Adolfo Macías, better known as “Fito,” agreed Friday to be extradited from Ecuador to the US, where he is wanted by the ...

QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito," on Friday accepted a court's request to be ...

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for ...

Notorious gang leader has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face cocaine and weapons smuggling charges.

QUITO, Ecuador — A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian ...

President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.

Ecuador’s parliament has passed a law allowing private companies to help manage protected areas, prompting backlash from ...