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Ecuadorian security forces have uncovered a two-story jail cell that satisfied the luxurious preferences of Álvaro Palanqueta Montaño one of the high-ranking leader of Los Lobos.

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Soldiers inspecting a prison in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, discovered a pool along with a nightclub and cells that were outfitted with double beds.

Law enforcement officers in the Argentine province of Córdoba raided a residence in an exclusive country club and arrested the wife and children of Ecuadorean druglord Alfonso Macías, alias “Fito,” whose escape from jail earlier this month triggered a wave of unprecedented violence nationwide.

Once relatively stable, Ecuador has quickly become a failed state, highlighting the criminal failure of the insane ‘war on drugs’, writes Eddie Ford

The storming of a TV station in Ecuador by armed thugs showed how no one, and nowhere, is safe from the narco gangs who rule the streets

The group of men stormed the TC Television network in Ecuador on Tuesday, taking journalists hostage and brandishing weapons at the cameras.

Despite more than a decade behind bars, the kingpin was filmed in music videos and ran his drug trafficking operation from a prison bunker. Now, he’s missing.

Adolfo ‘Fito’ Macías, Ecuador’s “most notorious criminal” and leader of the powerful Los Choneros drug cartel, vanished Sunday from his prison cell—just hours before he was slated to be transferred to a high-security facility. Macías’ disappearance and ensuing violence from his men has thrown

The number of migrants arriving in the United States from Ecuador could reach record levels as the South American country has erupted into a civil war.