QUITO - Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as \"Fito,\" is set to appear in U.S. federal court on ...

Ecuador has extradited the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do ...

The Ecuadoran government on Sunday extradited notorious drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," to the United States, a ...

QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," has been taken out of prison ahead of ...

Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias 'Fito,' leader of the Los Choneros gang, has been moved from a prison in Ecuador. The transfer is linked to his looming extradition to the U.S. Fito, previously ...

By highlighting the threat the group poses on the global stage, the U.S. sends a powerful message of mutually beneficial ...

Police in Ecuador are investigating a shooting that left at least nine people dead in a beach town pool hall, reports AFP. The killings took place Saturday night when gunmen stormed a billiard hall in ...

Ten Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela were traded for more than 250 Venezuelans expelled from the ...

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

The Treasury Department sanctioned the leader of Tren de Aragua and five other high-ranking members of the vicious Venezuelan ...

The U.S. has long targeted the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, but the Trump administration has stepped up those efforts.

President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.