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- Gang of robbers arrested after chase in north of Guayaquil; one dead
- Sergeant wounded in armed attack in north-west Guayaquil remains in intensive care
- Two sisters arrested for cosmetics store fraud with false transfers in Santo Domingo
- Operation Apollo 30: 27 arrested in Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón in 40 raids
- Rubio in Ecuador: Los Tiguerones designated terrorist organisation, sanctions against former officials
- Two tonnes of cocaine seized in fruit container in Machala
- Joint US-Ecuador military operations against drug cartels in Esmeraldas
- Four Ecuadorian vessels sunk by US Navy over drug trafficking
- Police seize arsenal with hundreds of cartridges in Urdesa home, Guayaquil
- 29 detained, over USD 1 million and aircraft seized in operations in Guayas
- United States Navy sinks Los Choneros drug-smuggling vessel in Ecuadorian waters
- Weapon found in rucksack of 18-year-old student at Guayaquil school
- Lenín Moreno sentenced to five years in prison for bribes in Sinohydro case
- Ecuadorian former president Lenín Moreno found guilty of corruption
- Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno convicted of bribery in favour of Chinese company
- Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno found guilty of corruption and bribery
- Ex-President Moreno sentenced to five years in prison for corruption
- Drug-trafficking vessel intercepted and sunk by USA and Ecuador in Pacific
- Former president Lenín Moreno found guilty of corruption in Ecuador
- Student arrested for carrying firearm at state school in Guayaquil
- Noboa estimates 80,000 armed persons in Ecuador's criminal groups
- José Serrano, former Correa minister, accused of being intellectual author of Villavicencio's murder
- Eleven dead in multiple attacks in Guayaquil in 24 hours; teenager among the injured
- Ecuador approves extradition to US of suspect in assassination of presidential candidate
- Wave of violence in Guayaquil, Machala and Arenillas: family and police officer gunned down
- Operation Apollo 29: 20 arrested in Guayaquil and Durán over links to Mafia 18
- Ecuador court orders arrest of Abdalá Bucaram upon discharge from medical care
- Operation Apollo 29 in Guayaquil: 200 kilos of drugs in luxury building in Guasmo Sur
- Ecuador orders arrest of Bucaram following six years without verdict in COVID-19 trial
- Two Ecuadorian fishing vessels sunk and 39 crew members detained by US linked to Los Choneros
- Ecuador court orders arrest of former president Abdalá Bucaram for organised crime
- Alias 'Tuti' released: Police link his discharge to wave of violence in Machala
- Ecuador defends joint anti-narcotics operations with US after sinking of 3 vessels
- Noboa: Ecuador captured 90% of criminal leaders since 2024
- Fugitive captured in Guayaquil after five years in hiding for arms trafficking
- Former President Bucaram in police custody at Guayaquil clinic following trial suspension
- Bucaram under police surveillance at Guayaquil clinic awaiting sentencing
- US Army sinks third Los Choneros vessel in a week in the Pacific
- United States sinks vessel linked to Los Choneros in joint operation with Ecuador
- Ecuador backs US sinking of drug-running vessels in joint naval operation
- Ecuador backs US sinking of three vessels in joint Pacific drug operation
- Ecuador backs US sinking of three drug-linked vessels in Pacific joint operation
- Venezuelan arrested after death of his teenage daughter in Pasaje, Ecuador
- Daniel Salcedo to be extradited to US in Villavicencio murder case
- Ecuador processes extradition to US of suspect implicated in Villavicencio assassination
- Former footballer "Diablito" Lara arrested in Quito on outstanding warrant
- Doubts raised over video in which Los Lobos claim responsibility for Villavicencio's murder in Ecuador
- Detained in Ecuador: alleged treasurer of Albanian drug trafficking mafia
- Cocaine disguised as chocolate seized in Quito bound for Havana
- Anti-Mafia Law in Ecuador: Up to 16 Years in Prison for Lending Property or Vehicle to Organised Crime
- Police seize weapons and 698 cartridges at Urdesa residence, Guayaquil
- Weapons arsenal seized in Urdesa residence, Guayaquil: 3 pistols and 698 cartridges
- Deported Ecuadorian attempts to bribe police and jumps from patrol vehicle in Guayaquil
- Seizure of 698 cartridges and three pistols in Urdesa residence, Guayaquil
- Ecuador's National Assembly approves military support for Police without declaring state of exception
- Ecuador: agents intercept cocaine shipment bearing Haaland images
- Colombia and US seize more than two tonnes of cocaine off Ecuador
- Operation Apollo in Guayaquil and Durán: 11 detained, 15 firearms and 20 motorcycles seized
- Woman shot dead in centre of Guayaquil, Luis Urdaneta and Rumichaca streets
- Operation Big Phoenix 050: 10 arrested in Ecuador for drug trafficking, including police sergeant