The national prison service ... country's penitentiary system. Riots in numerous correctional facilities began last Sunday following the escape of one of Ecuador's most dangerous criminals ...

Ecuador's Prisons Bureau SNAI said Tuesday. The new incidents occurred hours after a deadly riot in the modern prison in the central Andean region and capital of the province of Cotopaxi province.

It was the deadliest prison riot in Ecuador’s history. On a single day in September 2021, at least 120 people were killed in clashes between rival gangs at the Guayaquil penitentiary.

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 ...

Ecuador's new president ... gunfire police abductions, looting, and prison riots reported across the country and masked gunman seizing public TV station TC Televisión during a live broadcast ...

HAVANA, February 26. /TASS/. Ecuador's police and armed forces have detained more than 10,000 people suspected of taking part in armed riots triggered by prison riots in early January, the press ...

TASS/. At least 139 prison guards are still being held hostage by members of criminal gangs following jail riots in Ecuador, the country’s penitentiary service said. "At present, operations ...

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 ...