Three months after her son died at the hands of Ecuador's military, Monica Franco is still inconsolable.Monica cannot understand why, if her soccer-loving son was suspected of a crime, the soldiers

Eight bodies have been found in plastic bags in a southwestern narco-trafficking hotspot, where eight people went missing on Sunday, Ecuadoran police said Wednesday. "It has been confirmed that there are eight bodies" found on the outskirts of the town of Babahoyo,

By Mark Gleeson June 12 (Reuters) - Ecuador's miserly defence will be put to the test in their World Cup Group E opener against the Ivory Coast on Sunday at the Philadelphia Stadium, where the South Americans will look to stretch their unbeaten run to 20 matches.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa uses his State of the Union address to highlight his government's crime-fighting strategies backed by the United States. Speaking Sunday in Quito, Noboa cites

An Ecuadoran judge was fatally shot during a state of emergency that had been declared to combat organized crime, Ecuador's judicial oversight body said. It called the killing of Lady Pachar a "serious attack against justice and the rule of law in Ecuador" in a statement released Monday.

Two sides making their marks on Group E meet in Philadelphia, with Ivory Coast ending a 12-year World Cup absence and Ecuador carrying the weight of South America’s toughest qualifying

By Gabriela Verdezoto Landívar The man’s cheekbones are painted with achiote, a red pigment extracted from the seeds of the Bixa orellana plant. He wears a thin headband over his gray hair, and a traditional green shirt with yellow and blue trim on the collar and sleeves.