Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio.

Ecuador has become a cocaine trafficking hub, plagued by gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar began a diplomatic visit on Wednesday to Ecuador and Colombia, where he will hold meetings aimed at strengthening Israel's relations across Latin America.

It was a sunny afternoon in San Martin, Ecuador, on March 26 when Miguel, a 32-year-old Ecuadoran carpenter, gave a USA TODAY reporter a remote tour, via WhatsApp video call, of his farm in the Amazon. The tour came in response to the Ecuadoran defense ...

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito ...

Illegal taps on Ecuador's pipeline network jumped 34-fold between 2022 and mid-2025, with authorities now estimating around 20,000 gallons of fuel stolen daily at a cost of roughly $100 million a year. Cocaine cartels — Los Tiguerones, Los Lobos, Los ...

Ecuador is negotiating additional financing from the International Monetary Fund under a climate-lending trust that could give it access to as much as $1.3 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.