Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Ecuador’s Military Detained an 11-Year-Old Boy. Then He Was Found Dead.

Facing surging gang violence & drug-linked crime, Ecuador’s government launched a military crackdown that critics allege has ‘disappeared’ innocents, including 11-year-old Steven Gerald Medina Lajones ...

Ecuador's crackdown on gangs fractures criminal networks and fuels bloodshed

The death toll of the March shoot-out in several houses in Nueva Prosperina, one of Guayaquil's most violent neighborhoods, was 22. Police say the bloodshed was the local result of a national ...
KBIA

The U.S. is designating Ecuador's largest gangs as terrorists

QUITO, Ecuador — The United States will designate two of Ecuador's most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Ecuador in Transition: Marcel Mettelsiefen on Documenting a Nation in Crisis

Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen talks about making the documentary ‘Drug War in Ecuador,’ an on-the-ground look at the country’s ongoing crisis.

Soccer player, 16, killed by stray bullet in Ecuador, 4th player killed by gunfire this year

Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and Mexican ...