Authorities entered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's compound, evading a crowd of protesters outside, but were confronted ...

The penitentiary, located in the coastal city of Guayaquil, has a history of bloody ... criminal activity from behind bars. A dozen prison riots have left more than 400 people dead since 2021.

Seven inmates were killed in a prison riot in southern Mexico, when inmates resisting transfers to other jails fought police with guns and knives, authorities said late Thursday. Four police ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorean judge Tuesday ordered the arrest of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of four ...

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

A probe into the military’s role in the disappearance of four children in Ecuador this month was delayed for almost two weeks ...

While Mr Rafael blamed protests outside the prison for encouraging the riot, justice minister Helena Kida told local broadcaster Miramar TV that the unrest started inside the prison and had ...

MAPUTO — A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Dec 25, as civil unrest linked to ...

The sign reads in Spansh: "Where are the four from Guayaquil?" Credit ... in January after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members of another drug gang ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — A probe into the ... Violence in Ecuador intensified in January after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members of another drug gang ...

On Tuesday dozens of people gathered outside the courthouse in Guayaquil where prosecutors ... after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members of another drug ...