Jose Adolfo Macías, better known as “Fito,” agreed Friday to be extradited from Ecuador to the US, where he is wanted by the ...

Ecuadoran forces have revealed how they captured the country’s most-wanted man, drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías, more than a year after his brazen prison escape prompted the president to crack down on ...

Adolfo Macias, aka 'Fito,' took part in a court hearing via video link from a high-security prison in Guayaquil. After months ...

QUITO (Reuters) -At least 12 people were killed in an attack in Ecuador's coastal province of Manabi, police said on Friday.

Photo / Marcos Pin, AFP Intelligence officials had been on a fugitive drug lord’s trail for more than a year, in a ...

Even as voting was taking place, authorities reported the death of a prison director in the country's western Manabi province and a possible riot attempt at a prison in Los Rios province.

Director of El Rodeo prison Cosme Parrales was killed Sunday in an attack at a cevicheria in Jipijapa, a city located in the Manabi province of Ecuador, according to the National Service of ...

But the violence has not been contained to Esmeraldas. Last month, the mayor of the port city of Manta in Manabí province was shot dead as he was inspecting a public works project.

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency and curfews in 3 provinces amid a wave of violence that left at least eight people dead.

At least 12 people were killed in an attack in Ecuador's coastal province of Manabi, police said on Friday. The attack took place overnight at a cockfighting ring, a venue where people gather to ...