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Quito, Ecuador/JEN: Ecuador's government has decided to send 3600 additional policemen and soldiers to ensure security in its prisons after the deadly clash between two rival drug gangs in Guayaquil penitentiary killed 118 inmates. more
Ecuador penitentiary riot: Death count passes 100, president declares prison emergency
Quito, Ecuador/JEN: Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency in the country's prison system after a deadly clash between two drug gangs in a penitentiary in ...
29 inmates killed, 42 injured in Ecuador prison riot: Officials
Quito, Ecuador/JEN: A violent gang clash in a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil in Ecuador has killed at least 29 inmates and injured 42 more, prison officials said.
