- Oct 5
US military kills four in Caribbean strike on suspected drug vessel
U.S. Southern Command destroyed a high-speed vessel in the Caribbean Sea on 4 October 2026, killing four people aboard as part of its ongoing Operation Southern Spear campaign against suspected drug traffickers.
- Sep 20
Therapist actions and Ecuador trip scrutinized in Isak Andic homicide investigation
A court in Martorell is examining the role of family therapist Maria Julia Lüderwaldt and a missing phone in Ecuador following the fatal fall of Mango founder Isak Andic.
- Sep 11
Ecuadorian court sentences former president Abdala Bucaram to nine years for pandemic corruption
An Ecuadorian court handed former President Abdala Bucaram and his son nine-year prison terms on Wednesday for running an organized network that illegally sold 21,000 COVID-19 tests in 2020.
- Aug 29
Ecuador court sentences former president Lenin Moreno to five years for Sinohydro bribery
An Ecuadorian court found former president Lenin Moreno guilty of taking bribes from Chinese firm Sinohydro for the Coca Codo Sinclair dam contract.
- Aug 28
Lenín Moreno sentenced to five years in prison in Ecuador over Chinese dam bribes
Ecuador's National Court of Justice sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years of house arrest after convicting him of taking bribes linked to a Chinese-built hydroelectric plant.
