Cloaked by darkness and obscured by rain, a “robust” creature moved along the “muddy ground” of a rainforest in Ecuador. Its “very unusual” head poked out of the dirt — and caught ...

Also this weekend, maritime authorities captured a semi-submersible off the coast of Esmeraldas province (north) carrying cocaine believed to be worth US$ 50 million. In an operation coordinated ...

The province of Esmeraldas, where the kidnapping took place, is one of the areas most affected by criminal violence in Ecuador, with a significant rise in activities such as extortion, kidnappings ...