Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police officers stand guard next to a fire department ambulance outside the main prison in Machala, Ecuador on September 22, 2025.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Inmates in cell block 3 bow their head as they listen to a soldier at the militarized Litoral prison,as part of the ...

(CNN) — A violent clash between rival gangs at a prison in the coastal city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, has left at least 17 dead, according to a statement from the National Police. “The situation stems ...

Ecuador's prisons have become operational centers for organized crime groups - Copyright AFP Antony QUINTERO Ecuador's prisons have become operational centers for ...

All of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were released, the country's prison agency said Saturday night. As nationwide civil unrest unfolded in ...

QUITO, Ecuador(AP) — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...

A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador has left 14 people dead and another 14 wounded, according to a local police chief. Prisoners in the port town of Machala, south of Guayaquil, ...

QUITO/GUAYAQUIL, Feb 16 (Reuters) - After hundreds of Ecuadorean inmates were killed in prison riots in 2021 and 2022, President Daniel Noboa made restoring order in jails one of the central pillars ...