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Human Rights Watch has been monitoring, with dismay, the increase in violence in Ecuador, which in recent years has become one of the countries with the highest homicide rates in the region.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in five provinces through Executive Decree No. 250, within the framework of the persistence of an internal armed conflict. Th...

Diana Salazar’s investigations have taken down major figures. But a wave of drug-related violence is changing what defending the rule of law looks like.

Millions in Ecuador overwhelmingly approved security measures that President Daniel Noboa proposed to fight rampant gang violence.

(CNN) — Early results from Ecuador’s referendum suggest President Daniel Noboa has won public backing for security measures aimed at boosting his war on crime.

The government looks on track to win support for its key security proposals, while police say they have arrested a notorious alleged gang leader.

The government looks on track to win support for its key security proposals, while police say they have arrested a notorious alleged gang leader.

The government looks on track to win support for its key security proposals, while police say they have arrested a notorious alleged gang leader.

The government looks on track to win support for its key security proposals, while police say they have arrested a notorious alleged gang leader.

The youngest mayor of Ecuador, 27-year-old Brigitte García, and her communications director, Jairo Loor, were found shot dead Sunday morning. García, who served as the mayor of San Vicente, a small coastal city, was discovered in what appeared to be a rental car, alongside Loor, both having sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Initial investigations indicate that