And “as much as 45 percent of [Colombia’s cocaine] passes through Ecuador”, it added. Ecuadorians are finding it difficult to escape the clutches of the drug trade. A community leader told ...

Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias El Fito, is the leader of the feared Los Choneros criminal gang in Ecuador and escaped prison in January of last year. He broke out during a wave of violence that ...

The indigenous leader also called for the radicalization of “protest in every corner of the country,” and asked international organizations to pay attention to what is happening in Ecuador.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's security forces will "very soon" receive advice from Erik Prince, the private security executive, on fighting criminal gangs that are attempting to increase violence ahead ...