The son was charged five months after his father, Ecuador’s ex-comptroller Carlos Ramon Polit ... Jay Weaver writes about ...

The SNAI prisons agency attributed these deaths to conflicts among inmates. Ecuador has seen increasing prison violence ...

QUITO – A fight among inmates has left at least 15 people dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, authorities said ...

At least 15 inmates were killed and 14 injured in clashes Tuesday at a prison in the Ecuadoran port of Guayaquil, the latest ...

Increased violence highlights how Costa Rica is feeling the tightening grip of cocaine trafficking. But is the nation on a ...

Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador are suffering an increasing number of threats and sometimes deadly attacks amid ...

By Sarah Weinman Our crime columnist on books by Kate Atkinson, Nicholas Meyer, Marcie R. Rendon and Nilanjana Roy. By Sarah Weinman Our crime columnist on four new novels. By Sarah Weinman ...

Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an unprecedented exodus.

Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an unprecedented exodus ...

Cámara Nacional De Acuacultura (CNA), a non-profit organization aiming to promote Ecuadorian aquaculture highlighted the impact organized crime has had on the country’s shrimp industry. The country’s ...

Ecuador announced a bold decision to suspend recognition of the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Morocco’s official news agency Maghreb Arabe Press (MAP) reported on Tuesday ...

In September 2024, the FBI released data with some retroactively good news: Violent crime declined across the US in 2023. Has that trend continued this year? The FBI’s preliminary information ...