The diplomatic manouevre is the latest sign of tension between right-wing Daniel Noboa and left-wing Gustavo Petro.

President Daniel Noboa has led a hardline effort against local criminal networks, including military operations with US.

The Ecuadoran military, citing US intel, said bombing target was a drug hideout with no farm animals. Then the farmer showed ...

The Syrian man has been identified as a terrorist threat by the U.S. for belonging to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

QUITO, April 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador's government said on Wednesday that intentional homicides fell 28% nationwide in March, attributing the decline to military operations carried out during a two-week ...

Read about the latest phase of Ecuador's war on gangs, featuring curfews, airstrikes, and international cooperation on crime.

The announcement of a permanent FBI office in Quito is the latest iteration of the U.S. using security cooperation to intervene in the country’s domestic politics.

The United States touted a joint operation with Ecuador targeting drug traffickers. One local resident tells USA TODAY he had ...

Alas, under the Trump administration, the extreme militarized crackdown on drugs is likely to continue—and spread further in the region. The Shield of the Americas, President Donald Trump’s new ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s president on Tuesday rejected allegations that his country is bombing targets in neighboring Colombia as tensions escalate between the two South American nations.

Ecuadorian officials say they have deployed 75,000 soldiers to four crime-ridden provinces, where the government is ...

They are among more than 13,000 immigrants who were living legally in the U.S., waiting for rulings on asylum claims, when ...