Crime & Justice 2023-08-14
How Ecuador became one of the most violent countries in Latin America
Military intelligence has identified 26 heavily armed narcotrafficking gangs operating in the country with numbers that experts say could perhaps rival Ecuador's 60,000-strong police forces.
Crime & Justice 2023-08-11
Villavicencio silenced: Ecuador's anti-corruption candidate's last words on China
'China has to answer for very serious cases of corruption,' Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio said days before being gunned down at a campaign rally.
Crime & Justice 2023-08-07
Russian 'sleeper agents' in South America mobilized following invasion of Ukraine
The US wants to talk to a Russian who masqueraded as a Brazilian student in Washington. He is accused of spying for Russian military intelligence.