Officials believe the man - known as Lobo Menor - is linked to the killing of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.

Citizens of the most violent-wracked provinces have been warned the government is "at war" with the gangs.

Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.

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 ...

Ecuador's interior minister shared this picture following news of Chavarria's capture [JohnReimberg/X] The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation ...

QUITO, Ecuador — The United States will designate two of Ecuador's most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin ...

Ecuador is trying to combat the drug mafia and drug challenges recently. The Ecuadorian government has deployed more than ...