Human rights groups have described Ecuador's penitentiary crisis as a “prison genocide” At least one inmate was killed and two others were injured Monday in yet a new prison riot in Ecuador ...

Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, briefly evacuated from prison due to security threats, was returned following ...

Authorities evacuated Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas from prison on Sunday following a series of incidents in La ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison rose to 17, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the goriest prison episode under ...

An Ecuadorean judge has ordered the arrest of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of four children who went missing ...

Violence in Ecuador intensified in January after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members ...

The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has been the site of frequent riots ... prison violence reflects a deteriorating security situation throughout the Andean nation. Ecuador ...

Four charred bodies found near an Ecuador military base were identified Tuesday as four boys who were last seen being forced ...