Ecuador's prison authority on Monday said 15 inmates at the Litoral prison in the city of Guayaquil were found dead between Thursday and Sunday.

Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador’s most notorious prisons have left 13 inmates dead. Authorities said the violence broke out on Sunday following the “detonation of ...

TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE JUSTICE OCCURS IN THIS CASE. OTHER NEWS RIGHT NOW, FOUR INMATES WERE INJURED IN A PRISON RIOT THAT BROKE OUT IN FOLSOM. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS IT HAPPENED AT ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --The Machala prison became the site of one of Ecuador's deadliest prison massacres. In less than 24 hours, 31 inmates were killed during a nationwide prison reorganization effort that, ...

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Democratic activist Mayra Macías launched an independent campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, vying for the Chicago-area seat of retiring Representative Chuy García, who ...

A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday (November 9) caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country's prisons agency said. Senate Passes Measure to End Government ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...