At least 44 inmates have been killed in Ecuador's latest deadly prison riot, the public prosecutor has said. A fight broke out between rival gangs Los Lobos and R7 at a prison in Santo Domingo ...

The new incidents occurred hours after a deadly riot in the modern prison ... streets of several cities such as Guayaquil, a city with a 13,100-capacity prison. The Ecuadorian Government carried ...

near Guayaquil, and two men were found handcuffed and hanging from a pedestrian bridge - a method used by Mexican drug cartels. Ecuador has also seen the deadliest prison riots in its history ...

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 ...

The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has been the site of frequent riots and mass killings ... In a statement, prison officials said that police and military had been deployed ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP ... Violence in Ecuador intensified in January after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members of another drug gang attacked a television ...