Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has granted preemptive pardons for police and military personnel responding to an armed attack that killed at least 22 in the southern city of Guayaquil yesterday.

Former Fluminense star Mario Pineida killed in attack as Ecuadorian president responds to most violent year in history.

GUAYAQUIL/QUITO, July 13 (Reuters) - Violence is rising sharply in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, as criminal groups brawl to control transport of drugs despite increased seizures, security forces ...

Guayaquil (Ecuador) (AFP) – Car bombings, massacres, extortion, and a security force outgunned by drug gangs: the mayor of Ecuador's most violent city says residents are living through a "collective ...