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QUITO - Ecuadorean police said on Thursday that the leader of a major gang from the South American country, who is implicated in the January murder of a prosecutor, among other crimes, has been arrested in Panama. Read more at straitstimes.com.

QUITO, (Reuters) - Ecuadorean police said yesterday that the leader of a major gang from the South American country, who is implicated in the January

Residents are taking precautions to avoid clashes with the growing gang presence in Ecuador amid a state of emergency.

Quito, Jan 18 (EFE).- Two suspects in the murder of the Ecuadorian prosecutor César Suárez will enter pre-trial detention while the Prosecutor’s Office continues investigations into the assassination of the magistrate, who had been investigating the armed takeover of a television channel when he was killed. A criminal judge ordered the pre-trial detention of Cristhian …

A night on patrol with Ecuadorian soldiers shows a glimpse of the war unleashed in the country between the authorities and the gangs

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared that the nation is at war after the two main criminal gangs in the country, Los Choneros and Los Lobos, took control of the prisons and took to the streets to sow chaos

Guayaquil eerily quiet as armed forces patrol in wake of stunning wave of arson, bombings and prison riots that killed as many as 15

Gangs are running profitable businesses inside the correctional facilities, and even have the keys to their own units. Recent rioting showed the extent of their power, posing a difficult challenge for the government of Daniel Noboa

A notorious trafficking kingpin linked to the escalating drug gang war in Ecuador has broken out of prison, triggering a state of emergency and a wave of violence.

The situation in the South American country is on high alert after the announcement of the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa, in which