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 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 ...

Thirteen inmates died at the weekend in a prison in Ecuador that has seen 44 killed in violence in the past month, ...

Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador’s most notorious prisons have left 13 inmates dead. Authorities said ...

Pieter, along with his then-girlfriend, was apprehended in Ecuador in September 2005. Following his partner's release, he ...

Ecuadorean police found 13 people dead in a prison in the country's southwest on Sunday, Ecuador's prison agency SNAI said on Monday.

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.

Organized crime thrives in Ecuador amid weak oversight and corrupt systems. Prisons have become battlegrounds, giving cartels unprecedented control and influence.

Ecuadorean police found 13 people dead in a prison in the country's southwest on Sunday, Ecuador's prison agency SNAI said on Monday. Autopsies and routine procedures were ...