Ecuador defender Mario Pineida has died at the age of 33 after being shot in Guayaquil. Local media reported that Pineida was shot on Wednesday by two people on motorbikes who opened fire on him, his ...

Police and soldiers stop cars at a checkpoint to search for weapons and other illegal items during an operation to curb increasing violence, in Guayaquil QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President ...

Guayaquil has become a hotspot for gang violence linked to drug trafficking and several soccer players in Ecuador have been targeted in recent months.

A wildfire in Ecuador was 92 percent contained on Saturday, December 27, after firefighters from Guayaquil deployed dozens of ...

In the weeks before Christmas, four boys under 16 left home to play a game of soccer. Their forced disappearance at the hands ...

Barcelona SC right-back Mario Pineida assassinated with partner in Guayaquil butcher shop; National Police probe Samanes 4 shooting amid Ecuador soccer mourning., World News, Times Now ...

Spiraling criminal violence in one of Ecuador’s most dangerous cities caused a buildup of unidentified and unclaimed bodies that exceeded the capacity of Guayaquil's main morgue, officials confirmed ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis received a hero’s welcome in Ecuador’s biggest city Monday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his South American tour, telling hundreds of thousands of ...

In an open letter to Ecuadorian Catholics, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil, responded to media reports that distorted his statements by ...

Soccer player Mario Pineida was shot and killed Wednesday in an apparent attack amid escalating violence in Ecuador, the country's Interior Ministry and his club, Barcelona de Guayaquil, said.