Hitmen gunned down an Ecuadoran air force colonel Friday in a city hard hit by drug crime that has turned the once-peaceful South American country into one of the most violent, authorities said. Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, who led an air force special operations unit, was the passenger in a van taking him to … Read more
Noboa has continued to weather controversy about the limits of his authority through the end of his latest campaign. Ecuador’s constitution requires that public officials take a leave of absence to run for re-election. But Noboa instead signed two executive decrees to avoid transferring power to his vice president, Veronica Abad, with whom he is … Read more
A pregnant woman believed to have lived over a thousand years ago in Ecuador’s coastal region may have been part of ritual sacrifice or punishment, according to archaeologists who excavated her remains in 2022. In a study published last month by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for American Archaeology, experts detailed their analysis … Read more
Genetic tests on charred bodies found near an Ecuador military base confirm they are those of four boys taken by soldiers three weeks ago, officials said Tuesday. The disappearance of the boys, aged between 11 and 15, sparked protests in the South American nation, which is in the throes of an armed struggle between narco … Read more
A judge has ordered 16 military members to remain behind bars while a probe into the deaths continues. Ecuador’s attorney general has confirmed that charred remains found last week in the city of Taura are the bodies of four minors who disappeared on December 8. The attorney general’s office announced the findings on Tuesday after … Read more