Ecuador's Attorney General's office says the mayor of Guayaquil has been arrested on charges of money laundering and tax evasion.

Five severed human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador Sunday in a gruesome display linked to ongoing gang violence sweeping across the country, according to reports ...

QUITO/MADRID, Jan 7 - Ecuador's government on Wednesday protested a Spanish court's release of an alleged crime boss who Quito had been seeking to extradite after he was accused of leading a violent ...

Like most boys their age in Ecuador, brothers Ismael and Josué Arroyo dreamt of becoming great soccer players. Ismael, 15, aspired to be like Neymar. Josué, 14, preferred Kylian Mbappé. It was not an ...

Long sentences in case of Afro-Ecuadorian ‘Guayaquil Four’ focuses attention on president’s crackdown on crime A court in Ecuador has sentenced 11 air force personnel to decades in prison over the ...

A court in Ecuador has sentenced 11 soldiers to 34 years in prison for their role in abusing and disappearing four children from the city of Guayaquil as part of a country-wide crackdown on crime. The ...

Guayaquil, Ecuador (EFE).- An Ecuadorian court on Monday sentenced 11 soldiers to 34 years and eight months in prison for the forced disappearance of four Afro-Ecuadorian minors detained irregularly ...

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuadorian police said on Wednesday that Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender, was shot dead in an apparent attack as violence escalates in the Andean nation.

Ecuadorian police said on Wednesday that Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender and former national team player, was shot dead in an apparent attack as violence escalates in the ...

QUITO, Dec 17 - Ecuador international Mario Pineida died on Wednesday after being attacked in ‍the city of Guayaquil, his Ecuadorean ‍team Barcelona Sporting Club said in a statement. Local media ...

Interior Ministry confirms Pineida's death, special police unit assigned to case Ecuador's Barcelona Mario Pineida (L) and Brazil's Fluminense Luccas Claro vie for the ball during their Copa ...