Air force colonel shot dead by hitmen in Ecuador
Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, who led an air force special operations unit, was the passenger in a van when more than ...
Hitmen mow down cartel-busting colonel in violence-torn Ecuador
Colonel Porfirio Cedeno was shot multiple times in Guayaquil while travelling to a military ceremony, according to police ...
Hitmen target anti-drug chief in violence-torn Ecuador
According to police, Colonel Porfirio Cedeno, who oversaw an air force special operations team, was shot many times while on ...
Drug gangs in Ecuador turn to "death saint" for protection — and allegedly human sacrifices
"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...
AFP on MSN1d
Ecuador's wild west shows limits of Noboa's 'iron fist'
As gang violence kills neighbours and levels homes, frightened residents of Ecuador's Puerto Bolívar coastal city doubt ...
CNN6d
Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts
He has also advocated for the US to re-establish a military base in Ecuador to help fight the drug trade. He even attended US ...
WJHL-TV5d
Ecuador votes for president, with the conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer in the lead
Voting is mandatory in Ecuador. In the port city of Guayaquil, people lined up, initially under light rain and then under a scorching sun, outside a public university where tens of thousands were ...