This report presents the most key statistics about crime and violence in Ecuador. The first chapter includes a contextualization of the nation with its Latin American peers. It includes the most ...

Organized crime continues to plague Ecuador to the extent that it is now the third most crime-ridden country in Latin America. Over the span of three years, the nation has succumbed to the ...

Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency in three western provinces because of rising crime. Guillermo Lasso tweeted that a curfew will be imposed and thousands of soldiers and police ...

Ecuador's new president ... "The time when drug traffickers, hitmen and organized crime tells the government what to do is over," Noboa said. Organized crime appeared to strike back Tuesday ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A fight among inmates has left at least 15 people dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, authorities said Tuesday. The Litoral ...

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Monday declared ... The meeting also focused on regional security challenges, particularly crime and drug trafficking violence. In this regard, Blinken recalled ...

QUITO (Reuters) - A criminal prosecutor in Ecuador was killed by armed assailants on Friday along with his police escort, in the latest eruption of violent crime to shake the South American nation.

Ecuador's youngest mayor and another occupant ... in a move to curb the spiraling violence following jailbreaks and rioting by organized crime groups. In declaring the ”internal armed conflict ...