Carlos D was the second-in-command of Los Lobos (The Wolves) and "considered a high-value target," the armed forces said in a statement.

Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, who led an air force special operations unit, was the passenger in a van when more than ...

Opposing them too openly can prove fatal: In 2023, the right-wing politician Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated by ...

A leader of one of Ecuador's biggest crime syndicates Los Lobos was arrested Friday at his home in the coastal city of Portoviejo, the military said. Carlos D, widely known by his alias "El Chino," ...

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

On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron ...

"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...

Five people were later imprisoned for his murder, with prosecutors accusing two of them of being members of the notorious Los ...

Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa is betting that his pledges to push crime-fighting initiatives begun under his truncated ...