More access to weapons, heightened impunity, and the atomization of gangs are leading to more mass killings in Ecuador's ...

Ecuador's homicide rate increased from 6.7 per 100,000 in 2019 to 45 per 100,000 in 2023; only Jamaica (49) has a higher rate ...

has been ranked the 50th most violent city in the world by Insight Crime. The investigative journalism website reports that Ecuador's homicide rate increased faster than any other country in Latin ...

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 ...

A massacre inside Ecuador’s largest and most violent prison is a sign that the country’s criminal organizations are atomizing rapidly pace as the government’s security crackdown stalls.

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.

Organized crime continues to plague Ecuador to the extent that it is now ... As of October, drug wars have led to 6,348 murders, equating to a rate of 34.8 homicides per 100,000 residents.

Since Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared an “internal armed conflict” against organized crime and gangs in early ...

Enthusiasm for a ruthless approach to crime is spreading across Latin America. Election in Ecuador and Chile could show its ...

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Monday declared ... Lasso's decision is said to be in response to an increase in the homicide rate throughout the country and other criminal acts related ...

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 ...