QUITO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Ecuador's prison authority on Monday said 15 inmates at the Litoral prison in the city of Guayaquil were found dead between Thursday and Sunday. The agency said the cause of ...

The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city of Machala, Ecuador, after "the detonation of an explosive device" ...

QUITO, Ecuador -- Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador's most notorious prisons left 13 inmates dead, ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the ...

QUITO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen inmates have died over the past four days at Ecuador's largest prison, the Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, prison authorities said Monday.

Clashes in Ecuador's notorious prison result in 13 inmate deaths amid escalating drug violence and government security ...

(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 ...

Elite teams from the Ecuadorian armed forces carry out patrols and searches to combat crime in conflict-prone sectors of the city of Quito. They are looking for weapons, drugs and possible members of ...

Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, where a fight among inmates has left at least more than a dozen dead ...

The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two weeks in the Latin American country, the SNAI prison agency said. Maria Daniela ...

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 ...