With over 90 percent of the votes counted, the National Election Council said Noboa had an unassailable 12-point lead over his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez.

The toll was reported by the local police chief, Herbie Guamani, and a police source said the gunfight involved opposing factions of a gang called Los Tigerones, one of the most powerful in this formerly peaceful country.

In a darkened military command center near the Peruvian border, eight Ecuadoran marines armed with rusting M4 rifles prepare for a patrol.

Incumbent president Daniel Noboa and leftist Luisa Gonzalez both hail from the country's populous Pacific coastal belt, are sporty and telegenic, and have several tattoos.

Gang members are turning to Santa Muerte to shield them from law enforcement and ensure the success of their operations.

Incumbent President Daniel Noboa and his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez crisscrossed their equator-hugging Andean nation, holding final rallies ahead of a midnight deadline to halt campaigning.

Ecuador announced it will impose a 27% tariff on all Mexican goods. However, fewer than 0.1% of all Mexican exports in 2023 went to the South American country

"El Chino" was arrested along with two other alleged suspects; authorities seized drugs, firearms and armored vehicles

The 22-year-old Ecuadorian activist has previously fought for the rights of the community living in the Amazon rainforest.

In the last five years, only Gaza (159) and Ukraine (59) have reported more journalist deaths than Mexico (55)

While some praised the candidate's creativity and boldness in seeking alternative ways to reach the public, others criticized the choice of a platform primarily associated with adult content

Justices last week ordered the company, Furukawa, to pay $120,000 to each of the 342 victims -- a total of around $41 million. It will also have to make a public apology to them.

His kidnappers had demanded $60,000 for his release along with that of a friend

The Ecuadorian actor and presenter is getting a fresh start in Miami. Danilo Carrera, who left everything a year and a half ago is returning to Telemundo where he started his career, to star in 'Sed de Venganza'

The family of a deceased woman whose body was shipped to the wrong country is suing a New York funeral home after discovering the mistake on TikTok.

Carlos Polit sentenced to 10 years for laundering Odebrecht bribes through Miami real estate and businesses, concealing millions in corrupt payments.

Some of the victims in Sunday's shooting had as many as 40 bullet wounds, police in the western Samborondon municipality reported on X.

Roger Mojica, Director of Panama's National Immigration Service, said that 11 flights conducted have had an approximate cost of $900,000

These companies provide criminals with legal cover to carry out their activities, such as laundering money and importing weapons

Quito, Ecuador, will become only the sixth city in Latin America to host a USCIS office after Guatemala City, Mexico City, Havana, San Salvador and Tegucigalpa

State-owned oil company Petroecuador admitted that an undetermined amount of oil leaked into the environment from one of its blocks, contaminating water sources in several towns and reaching the Napo River, a tributary of the Amazon.

Last year, Venezuela defeated Guatemala 3-0 in a penalty shootout

Glas, 54, had sought refuge in the Mexican embassy in Quito when Ecuadoran security forces raided the building on April 5 and held him on corruption charges, prompting a break in diplomatic ties between the two nations.

Over the last three years, China has been the largest source of illegal migration from any nation outside the Americas

Today, the vessel has been repurposed for environmental patrols of those same waters, helping to hunt down predatory vessels of the kind it once was.

Sandwiched between Colombia and Peru -- the world's top cocaine producers -- Ecuador has seen violence explode in recent years as enemy gangs with links to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control.

Argentinian President Javier Milei described last week's coup attempt in in the Andean country as a hoax. The Bolivian government is outraged.

After the Ivory Coast and Ghana, Ecuador is the world's third-largest cocoa grower, producing some 420,000 tons a year.

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The incident also affected the capital's subway system