Gang infighting has left nearly two dozen people dead in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. 14 people were arrested in the ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Twenty two people were killed in gun battles in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil on Thursday ... violent ...

A March 6 gang attack left at least 22 people dead in Ecuador’s port city and drug trafficking hub, Guayaquil, local media reported. The violence rocked the Socio Vivienda and La Barraca neighborhoods ...

Guayaquil is the capital of Guayas ... The U.S. last year declared Los Lobos to be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador. In 2024, Noboa declared a state of "internal armed conflict ...

Orlando Posligua, standing by a bus terminal in Guayaquil. But there’s limited ... Department has spent $81 million helping Ecuador tackle drugs and cartels since 2018, and there is ...

Ecuador is home to an estimated 20 criminal gangs involved in drug trafficking ... of transnational cartels that use its ports, like Guayaquil, to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe.

QUITO (Reuters) - Infighting between factions of a gang vying for control over territory in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil left ... ranging from robbery to drug trafficking.

At least 22 people have been killed in Ecuador’s port city of Guayaquil after rival factions of a drug trafficking gang exchanged gunfire, highlighting the worsening law and order situation in ...

Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, has suffered grievously in the country’s ongoing drug-fueled violence epidemic. In 2024, the city recorded nearly 2,000 homicides, government statistics show.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Twenty two people were killed in gun battles in Ecuador’s largest city Guayaquil on Thursday ... violent areas as part of a war on drug gangs declared by Noboa.