January 2024, an armed conflict broke out inEcuador involving the country's government against several organized crime groups, most notably the Los Choneros...
Guerra contra el narcotráfico en Ecuador, transl. 'War against drug trafficking inEcuador') is an internal conflict inEcuador waged by the Ecuadorian security...
arrest the former vice president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, who had been sentenced for corruption and had been living in the embassy since 17 December 2023...
Los Choneros is an organized crime syndicate and drug cartel based in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a notable presence along much of the country's...
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south...
Gallegos from the U.S. 2010 Ecuador crisis CrimeinEcuador "Literal b2) Distributivo del Personal" (PDF). www.policia.gob.ec (in Spanish). Archived from...
Corruption inEcuador is a serious problem. In 2014, the U.S. Department of State cited Ecuador's corruption as a key human-rights problem. According to...
and massacres in prisons across Ecuador broke out in the wake of the split. When Los Chone Killers emerged, they were unpopular in Duran. In 2021, Los Chone...
as the 48th president of Ecuador since 23 November 2023. Taking office at the age of 35, he is the second-youngest president in the country's history, after...
northern border of Ecuadorin 2018 were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in the towns of San Lorenzo, Mataje and Viche in the Esmeraldas Province...
labor in mines and other hazardous work. Ecuador prohibits human trafficking in its penal code, and penalties are commensurate with other serious crimes. Despite...
prolific serial killers in history and is believed to have raped and murdered at least 72 young girls in Colombia and Ecuador during the 1970s and 1980s...
Ecuador is a member of: Law of Ecuador Capital punishment inEcuador Constitution of EcuadorCrimeinEcuador Human rights inEcuador LGBT rights in Ecuador...
The politics of Ecuador are multi-party. The central government polity is a quadrennially elected presidential, unicameral representative democracy. The...
sexual crime against a mentally disabled woman where her legal representative has consented to the abortion. In 2021, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled...
and the United Kingdom expressed their condolences. Crime portal Ecuador portal CrimeinEcuador One deceased before trial All deceased before trial "¿Cómo...
Terrorism inEcuador is a rare occurrence as the country, despite recurrent periods of economic and political instability, has been traditionally known...
officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of...
The History of Ecuador covers human habitation in the region reaching back 8,000 years. During that period a diversity of cultures have influenced the...
2018, Ecuador has suffered a security crisis resulting from conflicts between criminal organizations with connections to drug trafficking. In recent...
violence. In addition, a new Criminal Code came into force in 2014, which also addresses domestic violence. Women inEcuadorCrimeinEcuador "United States...
diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and international relations of EcuadorEcuador is a founding member of the UN and a member of many of its specialized...
at media outlets in Guayaquil, two in Quito and one at a package delivery company. The department of the attorney general of Ecuador confirmed that it...