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It took Ecuador’s police nine months to track down the country’s most wanted fugitive. But when they found him outside an apartment complex in Bogotá, Colombia, the leader of the Choneros gang...

In the early hours of the morning of January 7, 2024, a police and military task force stormed La Regional, one of two major prisons in Guayaquil.

In the early hours of August 14, Ecuador’s police and prosecutors deployed one of the most significant security operations...

Organized crime in Ecuador today operates on several levels.

The first sign that armed gang members had invaded a TV station in Guayaquil came when two masked youths appeared in the corner of the screen during a live news broadcast.

A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as the main entry point into Europe for the drug after Belgium and the Netherlands significantly improved security at their ports.

A sign on the doorway said “For rent” and the house’s lights were out. But the assault team were convinced a group of armed gang members lurked inside and they were determined to smoke them out.

Ecuador has shown severe inconsistencies between its official production of gold of known origin and its exports.

Despite being behind bars, Adolfo ’Fito’ Macias was able to run the brutal Los Choneros drug gang and Ecuador’s authorities were unable to stop him. They also couldn’t prevent his escape.

Diana Carnero, 29, was chairing the council meeting in Ecuador on Wednesday afternoon when she was shot dead in the country which is experiencing a surge of violence

Several areas in the country have been declared no-go zones for U.S. citizens as an “internal armed conflict” rages between the army and drug gangs in multiple areas

Footage shows an Ecuador prison with "VIP cells" where prisoners enjoyed luxuries from alcoholic drinks, a disco and even a swimming pool as authorities battle drug gangs

Eight relatives and associates of Los Choneros gang boss Adolfo Macías, including his wife and three children, have been arrested in Argentina after his escape sparked riots in Ecuador

Cesar Suarez was gunned down in a professional hit in the port city of Guayaquil this afternoon after he left his office to attend a court hearing about the TV hijacking

Archaeologist Stéphen Rostain first noticed a series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador two decades ago - but at the time, he was not sure how they all fit together

Jose Luis Calderon, a news reporter for TC Television in Ecuador, told of the 'chaotic' moment a gang of masked thugs burst into the studio and held a gun to his head during a live broadcast

Journalist Alina Manrique of TC Television network in Guayaquil, Ecuador, has told how staff were "hunted down" and how she feared she "wouldn't see her children again" when an armed gang entered

Los Choneros gang leader Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was sprung from his cell on Sunday. Two days later, rival drug lord Fabricio Colón Pico, of the Los Lobos group, escaped from a different jail in Ecuador

Rival drug lord Fabricio Colon Pico, alias The Savage, has now escaped prison in Ecuador following Fito with President Daniel Noboa saying there is a "terrorist threat" against the country which is in chaos

Since Los Choneros gang leader Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was discovered missing from his cell in a low-security prison in Ecuador more attacks have burst out across the country

Armed gunmen stormed the set of an Ecuadorian TV station on Tuesday, holding journalists hostage as they desperately pleaded for help from terrified viewers watching it unfold on their TVs at home

Ecuador's most dangerous drug lord Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias Fito, has escaped from the high security Guayaquil prison. He is head of Los Choneros linked to El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel

British millionaire Colin Armstrong, 78, was kidnapped by 15 men wearing police uniforms but was later released safely and pictures of him and his glamorous girlfriend have now emerged

Fifteen masked men broke into the ranch complex of former British Honorary Consul Colin Armstrong, 78, on Saturday morning and kidnapped the millionaire and his Colombian girlfriend

Colin Armstrong, a British millionaire living out in Ecuador, was kidnapped by his home by 15 gangsters before police tracked him down and freed him today, arresting nine men