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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, at the White House on Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
MILKING IT

Pentagon Pete’s ‘Drug Bombing’ Run Gets Brutal Reality Check

Pete Hegseth claimed victory over drug traffickers—but all he took out was a farm and chickens, according to reports.

Erkki Forster

Donald Trump, world map
AMERICA FIRST?

Trump Launches Military Operation in Yet Another Country

The president’s war in the Middle East was only three days old when he ordered new U.S. military strikes 8,000 miles away.

Catherine Bouris

Presidencia Ecuador's Car
WINDOWS SMASHED

President’s Motorcade Attacked by Protesters Throwing Rocks

A senior minister has claimed shots were fired.

Harry Thompson

Jackson Rodriguez of Emelec looks on during the Tarde Blanquiazul 2025 match between Alianza Lima and Emelec at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva on January 12, 2025 in Lima, Peru.
SHOCKING

Soccer Player’s Wife and Child Kidnapped From Home

Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodríguez hid under a bed after hearing a group of men break down his house’s front door.

Yasmeen Hamadeh

Military officials walk outside the Mexican embassy from where they forcibly removed the former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas in Quito, Ecuador
‘FLAGRANT VIOLATION’

Mexico Ends Ties With Ecuador After Raid to Arrest Ex-VP

Mexico announced it was cutting diplomatic ties to Ecuador after police forced their way into the embassy in Quito to arrest Jorge Glas who has been residing there since December.

Mathew Murphy

A police barricade tape is seen at a cordoned-off area where Ecuadorean prosecutor Cesar Suarez, who focused on cases involving organized trans-national crime in Guayas province, was killed, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 17, 2024.
DAYLIGHT AMBUSH

Ecuador Prosecutor Probing TV Studio Attack Shot to Death

César Suárez was ambushed and shot while driving his car, according to local reports.

Matt Young

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Police forces line up together in the street.
‘PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1’

Who Is ‘Fito,’ the Cartel Leader Causing Chaos in Ecuador?

Despite more than a decade behind bars, the kingpin was filmed in music videos and ran his drug trafficking operation from a prison bunker. Now, he’s missing.

Josh Fiallo

Workers lie on the floor as armed men take over a tv studio in Ecuador.
PURE CHAOS

Gunmen Storm Live TV Broadcast in Ecuador

The chilling incident occurred a day after the country’s most-notorious cartel leader escaped from prison.

Josh Fiallo

The national flag above the coat of arms is pictured at the embassy of Ecuador in Moscow, June 24, 2013.
R.I.P.

Ecuadorian Diplomat Found Dead in Moscow Apartment: Report

An unnamed source claimed that heart failure appeared to have caused the embassy minister’s death.

Dan Ladden-Hall

The six men accused of killing Fernando Villavicencio in August were found dead in prison.
PRISON DEATHS

Men Accused of Prez Candidate’s Death in Ecuador Found Dead

President Guillermo Lasso flew back to Ecuador from New York to hold a security cabinet meeting, saying “The truth will be known here.”

Chaya Tong

A photograph of a stream and bridge along the Inca trail near Llaviucu Lake.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH

What’s Hidden Along the Forgotten Trails of Ecuador

Here at 11,500 feet, along the world’s longest mountain range, is the quieter, more unpredictable side of the famed trail that most travelers will never see.

Sinead Mulhern

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