Ecuador seizes $330 million of cocaine bound for Belgium
Guayaquil – Ecuador confiscated about 8.8 tons of cocaine worth $330 million that had been hidden between bananas in... Read more
27 Feb
Ecuador votes on extradition amid crime boom
Quito – Ecuadorans voted in a referendum on Sunday that will decide whether to allow extradition of citizens linked... Read more
6 Feb
Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs
Bogota – Colombia is to deploy 400 soldiers to fight drug traffickers operating across its rural southern borders, after... Read more
29 Nov, 2022
Hosts Qatar knocked out of World Cup as England made to wait
Doha – Host nation Qatar crashed out of the World Cup on Friday after a second straight defeat before... Read more
26 Nov, 2022
Ecuador declares emergency after 5 police officers gunned down
Guayaquil – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of exception in two provinces on Tuesday, after at least five... Read more
2 Nov, 2022
At least 15 dead in new Ecuador prison riot
Latacunga – At least 15 prisoners died on Monday in the latest unrest inside Ecuador’s prison system, officials in... Read more
4 Oct, 2022
13 inmates killed in fresh fight in Ecuador prison
Quito – Thirteen inmates were killed and two others injured on Monday in yet another bloody fight in a... Read more
20 Jul, 2022
Major shake-up in Ecuador cabinet after mass protests
Quito – Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Tuesday accepted the resignations of four cabinet members, the government said, just... Read more
6 Jul, 2022
Ecuador’s legislature to investigate president over Pandora Papers
Quito – Ecuador’s legislature on Sunday voted to open an investigation into whether President Guillermo Lasso broke the law... Read more
11 Oct, 2021
