Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to ...

The sidewalk outside City Hall was filled with color, music and dancing Wednesday as about 100 people gathered to celebrate Ecuador’s Independence Day with a flag raising.

National Day of the Republic of Ecuador was celebrated in Reading Thursday with music, dancing and a flag raising. About 100 people gathered outside City Hall, 815 Washington Street, for the ...

Ecuador has also ordered the separatist representatives to close their mission in the country and leave. Images and videos obtained by Hespress show the closure of the fake embassy, with the ...

Ecuador's murder rate quadrupled between 2018 and 2022, as the criminal gangs found a foothold in the country. Last year was the worst yet, with 7,800 murders and a record 220 tons of drugs seized.

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves an Ecuadorian flag during a campaign event at a school before he was shot to death outside the same school in Quito, Ecuador, August 9, 2023 ...

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One legislator is pushing for more severe punishment but others in the country blame not the young killers but a state which "has failed them in every way.” Ecuador’s deadly children have ...

Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency after one of the country’s most notorious gang leaders escaped from prison, followed by a violent uprising with explosions and the ...

Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves an Ecuadorian flag as he attends a rally in Quito, Ecuador August 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Toro ...

Ecuador prison staff held hostage by inmates all freed. Prison authorities say 158 guards and 20 administrative staffers were held by inmates in at least seven prisons.