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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas has been evacuated from prison after an attempt on his life, his lawyer said on ...

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 ...

Credit: AP/Cesar Munoz Violence in Ecuador worsened in January after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members of another drug gang attacked a television channel ...