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 ...

Months after making his first visit to Haiti, Colombian President Gustavo Petro returned Friday — this time landing in a gang-ridden Port-au-Prince accompanied by two of his top ministers in an ...

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 ...

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

Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was captured in June after escaping from a maximum security prison last year in a jailbreak that ...

Adolfo Macías Villamar appeared via videolink before the President of the National Court of Justice Jose Suing who headed the ...

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

This world news briefing covers a multitude of events, including President Trump's Texas flood response, PKK militants' ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for ...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito', with $1 million reward for his capture, hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak Jose Adolfo Macias, Ecuador’s most wanted man and ...