Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg said inmates across the country have been staging violent uprisings to prevent ...

Ecuador: A deadly riot erupted in Machala Prison in southern Ecuador on November 9, 2025, leading to the deaths of at least ...

The new wave of violence rocked the El Oro No 1 Detention Center in Machala over the weekend with retaliations leaving 31 ...

In Ecuador, at least 31 people were found dead in a prison in the city of Machala, including over two dozen prisoners who had ...

In less than 24 hours, 31 inmates were killed during a nationwide prison reorganization effort in Ecuador that, instead of ...

Thirty-one inmates have died in separate incidents at a prison in Ecuador, authorities said on Sunday. According to prison authority ...

Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who were killed by “asphyxiation,” officials said. In the first attack, the ...

Ecuador has moved 300 high-risk inmates to a new maximum-security prison on the country's coast, including former Vice ...

At least 31 inmates have been found dead in a prison in southern Ecuador, including 27 who had been hanged, officials say.

Prisons officials in Ecuador say deadly rioting that broke out at a prison where inmates were set to be transferred to a new ...