Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released Dritan Rexhepi, Albania's most notorious cocaine trafficker, last year.
Environmental crime is devastating the Amazon. What are these five Amazonian states doing to protect it?…
The Amazon is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, where wildlife trafficking threatens hundreds of thousands of species.
The Amazon is being plundered at an accelerating rate. Deforesters across Bolivia and Ecuador are emboldened to clear trees for agribusiness.
Environmental crime is driving deforestation across the Amazon, where some parts are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb.
The transfers of top gang leaders from prison to prison in Ecuador often precede outbreaks of horrifying violence.
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.