Ecuadorian officials said Monday that they have deployed 75,000 soldiers and police officers to four crime-ridden provinces where the government is implementing a nightly curfew banning people from leaving their homes from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Officials said that 253 people were arrested for breaking the curfew, which started…

Citizens of the most violent-wracked provinces have been warned the government is "at war" with the gangs.

Ecuador is trying to combat the drug mafia and drug challenges recently. The Ecuadorian government has deployed more than 75,000 police officers and soldiers to four of the country's most...