Guillermo Lasso

In under a year, two mayors and four councilors have been killed, while another 30 local officials faced threats and assassination attempts

Congress is rearming itself around an opposition bloc, arising from its rejection of President Daniel Noboa’s decision to order the raid to detain former vice-president Jorge Glas

The former left-wing statesman criticizes incumbent right-wing President Daniel Noboa for failing to address the country’s security crisis and demands an immediate purge of the security forces, which have been infiltrated by organized crime

The army entered the penitentiaries heavily armed Thursday and freed more than 150 people, including guards and administrative personnel, who were being held hostage

The country’s crime rate has rocketed, but the problems of drug trafficking and gang violence have been brewing since the 1980s

The violence sweeping the country has intensified after two criminals operating for the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels escaped prison

Official document reveals the presence of 11 criminal groups in 21 of the country’s 24 provinces

The 35-year-old entrepreneur delivered a short speech in which he appealed for the renewal of the political class

The young businessman Daniel Noboa will be sworn in as new president this Thursday and faces daunting challenges, including high rates of homicide, corruption and poverty

The 35-year-old entrepreneur is relatively unknown to his compatriots, but they elected him to counter the leftist drift initiated by former President Rafael Correa

President Guillermo Lasso dismissed the commander general of the National Police and the director of prisons

According to a source, the six men — who were being held in Guayaquil’s Litoral prison — were hanged in a cellblock

More than 30,000 students from 34 schools in the city have been left without in-person classes, due to a wave of violence that the government is unable to contain

The mayor of the coastal municipality does not stay in the same place for more than one night after an assassination attempt and authorities cannot safeguard the lives of schoolchildren amid a gang turf war

The candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement won 33% of the vote in the first round, while the businessman came in second place with 24%

The presidential election campaign has been marked by violence and the assassination of one of the candidates amid a wave of organized crime-related terror

The assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio has deepened the security crisis and shaken up the political landscape just days before the first round on August 20

The Ecuadorian police have arrested six Colombians suspected of participating in the attack against the presidential candidate, during which the gunman was shot dead

The presidential candidate was assassinated while traveling in a state-provided vehicle that lacked armor despite the multiple threats he had received from organized crime

The politician, who was close to President Guillermo Lasso, was shot three times in the head after a campaign rally in Quito

Relatives of the victims of the latest massacre at the Guayaquil penitentiary have been waiting for days to identify the bodies of their loved ones

The city of Manta’s local leader Agustín Intriago was shot during a tour of a construction site, while riots have broken out in at least four prisons in the country

The candidate for the August presidential elections defines himself as an ‘outsider,’ claiming his position is neither left, right nor center

On May 17, the Ecuadorian leader invoked article 148 of the constitution, ‘mutual death,’ a measure by which he dissolved the National Assembly and called snap elections

The Ecuadorian president spoke to EL PAÍS a day after dissolving the country’s National Assembly and calling early elections. He feels he is a victim of political persecution over increased drug confiscations and a battle against corruption

Contrary to expectation, President Lasso’s decision to call new elections did not spark mass protests, or even backlash from opposition political parties