Murders in Esmeraldas, northern Ecuador, have exploded. Gangs battling for control of drug trafficking routes are to blame.
Fishing vessels are harvesting smaller marine species in Ecuador as the demand for fishmeal is drawing the attention of illegal fishermen.
Ecuador continues to regularly find caches of weaponry belonging to Colombian guerrilla groups, including land mines and hand grenades.
US dollars have been flooding into Venezuela and Ecuador, with authorities unaware of how widespread their use has become…
Any chance of peace between warring gangs in Ecuador appears to be defunct after another two massacres.
As world leaders met for the United Nations General Assembly, Latin American presidents expressed various concerns about organized crime.
The consequences of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing are immediate and enormous across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Two subjects on a motorcycle attacked prosecutor Federico Estrella outside his home in Babahoyo, Los Ríos, on August 15. Estrella had been investigating several violent murders in Babahoyo, according to…
Gang warfare is pushing violence in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, where a bomb attack claimed five lives.
Ecuador is a hotspot for landing massive amounts of shark catch, and the nation is among the world’s biggest exporters of shark fins.
Indigenous communities in Brazil are using drones to fight deforestation and the frequent assaults of loggers on their lands.
Ecuador's complicated gang violence has been worsened by the bloody rise of R7, a small-time but brutal gang.