So far in 2022, some 120 inmates have been killed in separate uprisings Another prison riot in Ecuador Monday evening has left at least five inmates dead and six others wounded at the Pichincha ...

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 has seen a huge rise in prison violence in recent years. Last year, 320 inmates were killed in riots and prison gang violence. 'More than batons needed to control Ecuador's jails' 'I saw ...

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 director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two ...

29, 2021 8:11 a.m. QUITO, Ecuador — A battle between prison gangs in the coastal city ... when 79 prisoners died in a simultaneous riot in three prisons in the country. In July, 22 more ...

In February, 79 inmates were killed in simultaneous riots in various prisons ... whose brother has been in the prison for eight months. Some were calling for Ecuador’s security forces to ...

MEXICO CITY -- An attempted prisonbreak early Thursday in Honduras left two inmates dead and three injured, authorities said.

A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs has killed 44 inmates, officials said, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths. Interior minister Patricio Carrillo said at ...

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In the Guayaquil penitentiary (one of the most dangerous in Ecuador ... the director of the Guayaquil prison, who is now detained for his alleged collaboration. Riots have previously occurred ...

Ecuador's prison system has come under harsh spotlight ... Another 22 people died in a July riot. Prisoners at least two other prisons in Azuay and Cotopaxi provinces were refusing food in a ...