Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg said inmates across the country have been staging violent uprisings to prevent ...

Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and Mexican ...

QUITO, Ecuador -- Four inmates died and more than 30 others were injured Sunday during a riot at a prison in Ecuador, ...

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others ...

In less than 24 hours, 31 inmates were killed during a nationwide prison reorganization effort in Ecuador that, instead of ...

Since September 2025, dozens of Indigenous leaders and organizations, land rights activists and nonprofits in Ecuador have ...

In a statement released on Sunday, Ecuador’s SNAI prison authority said 27 of those found dead at the Machala prison in El ...

Officials said authorities regained control of the facility following the riot, which also injured one police officer.

Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who ...

Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and Mexican ...

At least 31 inmates died in a violent prison riot in southwest Ecuador on Sunday, with 27 prisoners in Machala succumbing to ...