The fight against organized crime is now at the center of a trade war that has erupted between Colombia and Ecuador.

Ecuador experienced a significant 30.4% increase in murders in 2025 compared to the previous year. The country's interior ...

Five human heads were found hanging from ropes on a bech in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, as a wave of gang-related violence has swept over the country in the past four years.

Authorities at a prison in Ecuador's El Oro province said that they found at least 27 individuals on Sunday afternoon who had died from asphyxiation caused by "immediate death by hanging." ...